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Meaning of cell

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cell
      n 1: any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb"
      2: (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all
         organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in
         monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants
         and animals
      3: a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a
         chemical reaction [syn: {cell}, {electric cell}]
      4: a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger
         political movement [syn: {cell}, {cadre}]
      5: a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided
         into small sections, each with its own short-range
         transmitter/receiver [syn: {cellular telephone}, {cellular
         phone}, {cellphone}, {cell}, {mobile phone}]
      6: small room in which a monk or nun lives [syn: {cell},
         {cubicle}]
      7: a room where a prisoner is kept [syn: {cell}, {jail cell},
         {prison cell}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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