a small room, as in a convent or prison.

any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole.

a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization

a local cell of the Communist party.

Biology . a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.

Entomology . one of the areas into which the wing of an insect is divided by the veins.

Botany . locule.

Electricity .

Also called battery , electric cell , electrochemical cell , galvanic cell , voltaic cell. a device that generates electrical energy from chemical energy, usually consisting of two different conducting substances placed in an electrolyte. Compare dry cell .

solar cell.

Also called electrolytic cell. Physical Chemistry . a device for producing electrolysis, consisting essentially of the electrolyte, its container, and the electrodes.

Aeronautics . the gas container of a balloon.

Ecclesiastical . a monastery or nunnery, usually small, dependent on a larger religious house.

Telecommunications . See under cellular phone .

to live in a cell

The two prisoners had celled together for three years.

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