English Explanatory Dictionary

cellular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
  2. Light to mid-weight, having a regular cell-like construction with small perforations, generally woven; (of a garment) made of cellular fabric.
noun
  1. A cellular phone (mobile phone).

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛl.ju.lə/ /ˈsɛl.jə.lə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cellular.wav /ˈsɛl.ju.lɚ/ /ˈsɛl.jə.lɚ/ /ˈsel.jʉ.lə/ /ˈsel.jə.lə/

Word forms

cellular more cellular most cellular cellulars

Etymology

From New Latin cellulāris, from cellula (“cell”) + -āris.

Related words

cell phone

Derived words

acellular adipocellular aerocellular autocellular basocellular bicellular biocellular block cellular automaton cellular automaton cellular debris cellular glass insulation cellular internet cellularisation cellularity cellularization cellularize cellular kite cellularly cellular mobile cellular phone cellular shade cellular telephone cellular therapy cellular virome cholangiocellular chronic cellular dehydration circumcellular cylindrocellular discocellular ectocellular elementary cellular automaton endocellular epicellular equicellular exocellular extracellular fibrinocellular fibrocellular floating cellular data gigantocellular hepatocellular heterocellular homocellular hypercellular hypocellular intercellular intracellular isocellular juxtacellular koniocellular Life-like cellular automaton macrocellular magnocellular mechanocellular mesocellular microcellular monocellular mucocellular multicellular musculocellular
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