cell Meaning and Definition

1. n. (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

2. n. a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

3. n. a room where a prisoner is kept

4. n. small room is which a monk or nun lives

5. n. any small compartment

6. n. a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

7. n. a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement