Adjacent Words

Cellular definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CELLULAR, a. Consisting of cells, or containing cells.
The cellular membrane, in animal bodies, is composed of an infinite number of minute cells, communicating with each other. It invests every fiber, and seems to be the medium of connection between all parts of the body. The cells serve as reservoirs for fat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to cells; "cellular walls"; "cellular physiology"
2: 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" [ant: acellular, noncellular]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: New Latin cellularis, from cellula living cell, from Latin, diminutive of cella small room Date: circa 1739 1. of, relating to, or consisting of cells 2. containing cavities ; having a porous texture <cellular rocks> 3. of, relating to, or being a radiotelephone system in which a geographical area (as a city) is divided into small sections each served by a transmitter of limited range <cellular phones> • cellularity noun II. noun Date: 1987 cell phone

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or having small compartments or cavities. 2 of open texture; porous. 3 Physiol. of or consisting of cells. Phrases and idioms: cellular blanket a blanket of open texture. cellular plant a plant with no distinct stem, leaves, etc. cellular radio a system of mobile radio-telephone transmission with an area divided into 'cells' each served by its own small transmitter. Derivatives: cellularity n. cellulate adj. cellulation n. cellulous adj. Etymology: F cellulaire f. mod.L cellularis: see CELLULE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cellular Cel"lu*lar, a. [L. cellula a little cell: cf. F. cellulaire. See Cellule.] Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells. Cellular plants, Cellular cryptogams (Bot.), those flowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, as mosses, fungi, lichens, and alg[ae]. Cellular theory, or Cell theory (Biol.), a theory, according to which the essential element of every tissue, either vegetable or animal, is a cell; the whole series of cells having been formed from the development of the germ cell and by differentiation converted into tissues and organs which, both in plants ans animals, are to be considered as a mass of minute cells communicating with each other. Cellular tissue. (a) (Anat.) See conjunctive tissue under Conjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and having no woody fiber or ducts.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Cellular means relating to the cells of animals or plants. Many toxic effects can be studied at the cellular level. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Alveolate, favose, honey-combed.