Cellular
['seljʊlə] or ['sɛljəlɚ]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization); 'the cellular construction of a beehive'; 'any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular' .
(adj.) relating to cells; 'cellular walls'; 'cellular physiology' .
Checked by Gardner--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.
Inputed by Juana
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Alveolate, favose, honey-combed.
Inputed by Byron
Examples
- Many minor improvements have been made in the storage battery, covered by 716 United States patents, most of which relate to cellular construction for holding the mass of red lead in place. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then this remarkable result came out, that however much a plant may otherwise differ from an animal, yet, in essential constituents the cellular constructure of animal and plant is the same. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Ivory is of cellular, not fibrous, construction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are eight rectangular tubes resting on those piers, to form two lines of railway, each tube being 28 feet high and 14 feet wide, exclusive of the cellular cavities at the top and bottom. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Inputed by Byron