| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Containing a cell or cells.[Websters]
2. Being chambered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being recessed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being potted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being cogged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being membered or limbed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being concerned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being barrelled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb | 1. Of Cell.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb cell.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (cell) | 1. To place or inclose in a cell.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: celling, celled, cells, celler, cellers, cellingly and celledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CELLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
Specialty Definition: cell
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Computing | Cell | ||
| Administration | (Biology) The basic building block of all living matter. The cell of a living organism contains a high percentage of water. (references) | ||
| Aerospace | 1: Any one of a connected group of small spaces used to absorb sunlight and convert to electricity. (references) | 2: In computers, an elementary unit of storage, as binary cell, decimal cell. (references) | 3: Fundamental unit of living matter. (references) |
| Agriculture | The smallest structural and functional unit of living organisms, generally having a nucleus, cytoplasm, and a surrounding membrane. (references) | ||
| Biology & Biotechnology | A chamber or compartment at some time containing a protoplast. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Business | 1: 1) In cellular mobile, the geographical area covered by the smaller of: a base station, or a subsystem (sector antenna) of that base station corresponding to a specific logical identification on the radio path. Note: Mobile stations in a cell may be reached by the corresponding radio equipment of the base station. 2) In communications, a string that contains a header and user information. Note 1: A cell is dedicated to one user for one session. Cells for a given system are usually of fixed length and smaller than a frame, such as 424 bits for a cell, compared to 1024 for a frame. Note 2: In asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) systems, a cell consists of 53 bytes, i.e., a 5-byte header field and a 48-byte information field. Note 3: A cell does not have error-correction capability and is therefore suited for low-BER communications systems, such as digital fiber optic systems. 3) In OSI, a fixed-length block labeled at the Physical Layer of the Open Systems Interconnection--Reference Model (OSI--RM). 4) In computer systems, an addressable, internal hardware location. 5) In computer applications, a single location on a spreadsheet. (references) | 2: See Pin Chamber. (references) | |
| Census | In a tabulation, a field containing a single number, usually a count of some kind of unit, such as persons or housing units possessing some kind of characteristic (for example, a certain age or number of rooms). In a statistical table with rows and columns of numbers, a cell constitutes the intersection of one row and one column. Sometimes also termed tally cell or data item. (references) | ||
| Computing | A block of fixed length identified by a label at layer 1 of the OSI reference model. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Economics | The space constructed on a ship into which one container fits. (references) | ||
| Electrical Engineering | Switch bay or part of a switch bay separated from neighbouring switch bays by partitions. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Energy | 1: The basic unit of any living organism that carries on the biochemical processes of life. See also: genome, nucleus. (references) | 2: A component of a electrochemical battery. A 'primary' cell consists of two dissimilar elements, known as 'electrodes,' immersed in a liquid or paste known as the 'electrolyte.' A direct current of 1-1.5 volts will be produced by this cell. A 'secondary' cell or accumulator is a similar design but is made useful by passing a direct current of correct strength through it in a certain direction. Each of these cells will produce 2 volts; a 12 volt car battery contains six cells. (references) | |
| Environment | The volume of compacted solid waste enclosed by natural soil and/or cover material in a sanitary landfill. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Geology | 1: The smallest membrane-bound biological unit capable of replication. Cells can function cooperatively as a part of a tissue or organ or can function independently as free-living microorganisms. (references) | 2: Fundamental structural unit of all life. The cell consists primarily of an outer plasma membrane, which separates it from the environment; the genetic material (DNA), which encodes heritable information for the maintenance of life; and the cytoplasm, a heterogeneous assemblage of ions, molecules, and fluid. (references) | |
| Health | A cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; the smallest structure capable of performing all the activities vital to life. (references) | ||
| Law | CELL. A small room in a prison. See Dungeon. (references) | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | A manufacturing unit consisting of two or more work stations or machines and the materials transport mechanisms and storage buffers which interconnect them. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Medicine | In biology, a unit from which living organisms and tissues are built. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Military | 1: A fixed length data element that travels in asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). (references) | 2: (DOD) Small group of individuals who work together for clandestine or subversive purposes. (references) | 3: Part of a NATO headquarters section which produces work of a specific nature within a major functional area. (references) |
| Mining | A. A compartment in a flotation machine b. A single element of an electric battery, either primary or secondary c. Battery unit consisting of two electrodes separately contacting an electrolyte so that there is a potential difference between them. (references) | ||
| Post & Telecom | 1: The area covered by a base station, or by a sub-system(sector antenna)of that base station corresponding to a specific logical identification on the radio path, whichever is smaller. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: Individual depressions in surface of engraved cylinder used to retain ink. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Public Administration | In solid waste disposal, one of a series of holes in a landfill where waste is dumped, compacted, and covered with layers of dirt. (references) | ||
| Religion | 1: The individual unit that makes up all of the tissues of the body. All living things are made up of one or more cells. (references) | 2: The basic living unit of body tissue. It contains a nucleus surrounded by cytoplasm and is enclosed by a membrane. (references) | |
| Statistics | 1: A) the combination of a particular row and column; b) the set of observations obtained under identical treatment conditions. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: In a multi-factor ANOVA or in a contingency table, a cell is an individual combination of possible levels(values)of the factors. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Technology | 1: Center for Engineer Lessons Learned. (references) | 2: See: alcove. (references) | |
| Weather | Convection in the form of a single updraft, downdraft, or updraft/downdraft couplet, typically seen as a vertical dome or tower as in a cumulus or towering cumulus cloud. A typical thunderstorm consists of several cells. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: cell
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Adipose cell | Cells composed of fat. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Air cell | 1: A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | |||
| 3: A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Allowed cell rate | The allowed cell rate is the rate in cells per seconds at which a source device may send data in ATM networks. (references) | ||
| Alpha cell | Alpha cells are endocrine cells in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas. They are responsible for synthesizing and secreting the peptide hormone glucagon, which elevates the glucose levels in the blood. (references) | ||
| Amacrine cell | Amacrine cells are interneurons in the retina which operate at the Inner Plexiform Layer (IPL), the second synaptic retinal layer where bipolar cells and ganglion cells synapse. There are about 40 different types, most lacking axons. They are classified by the width of their field of connection, which layer(s) of the stratum in the IPL they are in, and by neurotransmitter type. Most are inhibitory using either GABA or glycine as neurotransmitters. (references) | ||
| Anaplastic large cell lymphoma | Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that features in the World Health Organisation (WHO) classification of lymphomas. (references) | ||
| Animal cell | An animal cell is a form of eukaryotic cell which make up many tissues in animals. The animal cell is distinct from other eukaryotes, most notably plant cells, as they lack cell walls and chloroplasts, and they have smaller vacuoles. Due to the lack of a rigid cell wall, animal cells appear to be circular (though are often deformed by surrounding cells) under microscopes - in three dimensions the cells are normally spherical. (references) | ||
| Antigen-presenting cell | An antigen-presenting cell (APC) is a cell that displays foreign antigen complexed with MHC on its surface. T-cells may recognize this complex using their T-cell receptor (TCR). Although almost every cell in the body is technically an APC, since it can present antigen to CD8+ T cells via MHC class I molecules, the term is often limited to those specialized cells that can prime T cells (i.e. activate a naive T cell). These cells generally express MHC class II as well as MHC class I molecules and can stimulate CD4+ ("helper") T cells as well as CD8+ ("cytotoxic") T cells. To help distinguish between the two types of APCs, those that express MHC class II molecules are often called professional antigen-presenting cells. (references) | ||
| Auxiliary cell | A terrorist cell responsible for logistics; usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| B cell | A lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: cell
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Accelerated cell division | Health | Gene which is critical to passing the point of arrest. (references) | |
| Accessory cell | Aerospace | Accessory cell denotes auxiliary, or certain, cells. (references) | |
| Accessory cell | Religion | Cell required for, but not actually mediating, a specific immune response. Often used to describe antigen-presenting cells (see APC). (references) | |
| Acidophilic cell | Medicine | Eosinophil: a polymorphonuclear leucocyte with large eosinophilic granules in its cytoplasm, which plays a role in hypersensitivity reactions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule | Health | Cell adhesion molecule expressed on activated leukocytes, fibroblasts, and neurons. It is a ligand for CD6. ALCAM-CD6 interactions may play a role in the binding of T and B cells to activated leukocytes. (references) | |
| Active Transport, Cell Nucleus | Health | Gated transport mechanisms by which proteins or RNA are moved across the nuclear membrane. (references) | |
| Adenoma, Liver Cell | Health | A benign epithelial tumor of the liver. (references) | |
| Aeromedical evacuation cell | Military | (DOD) The interface between validation and execution; an aeromedical evacuation cell is established in the tanker airlift control center/air mobility operations control center. The aeromedical evacuation cell provides the critical link between command and control, operations, and medical direction. It performs operational mission planning, tasking, and scheduling, and mission monitoring of airlift and aeromedical evacuation assets to support patient movement in coordination with the patient movement requirement center. See also aeromedical evacuation; Tanker Airlift Control Center. (references) | |
| Air depolarised cell | Electrical Engineering | A cell in which depolarisation is mainly accomplished by atmospheric oxygen. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Airlift coordination cell | Military | (DOD) A cell within the air operations center which plans, coordinates, manages, and executes theater airlift operations in the area of responsibility or joint operations area. Normally consists of an airlift plans branch, an airlift operations branch, and an airlift support branch. Also called ALCC. See also air operations center; area of responsibility; joint operations area. (references) | |
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