How to pronounce “cell”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A single-room dwelling for a hermit. [from 10th c.]
• (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. [from 11th c.]
• A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.]
• A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.]
• Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb. [from 14th c.]
• (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th c.]
• (entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
• (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories. [14th–19th c.]
• A section or compartment of a larger structure. [from 16th c.]
• (obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den. [16th–19th c.]
• A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. [from 19th c.]
• (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.]
• (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front. [from 20th c.]
• (cellular automata) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior. [from 20th c.]
• (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
• A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]
• (communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode. [from 20th c.]
• (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
• (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
• (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
• (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
• (architecture) A cella.
• (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.

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