cellular
See also: cel·lular
English
Etymology
From New Latin cellulāris, from cellula (“cell”) + -āris.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Adjective
cellular (comparative more cellular, superlative most cellular)
- Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
- 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:
- The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, just as having the human genome has made it possible to ask new questions about cellular and molecular systems.
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Derived terms
- acellular
- adipocellular
- aerocellular
- basocellular
- bicellular
- cellular automaton
- cellular debris
- cellular glass insulation
- cellularisation
- cellularity
- cellularization
- cellularize
- cellular kite
- cellularly
- cellular mobile
- cellular phone
- cellular telephone
- cellular therapy
- cellular virome
- cholangiocellular
- chronic cellular dehydration
- circumcellular
- cylindrocellular
- endocellular
- epicellular
- exocellular
- extracellular
- fibrinocellular
- fibrocellular
- floating cellular data
- hepatocellular
- heterocellular
- homocellular
- hypercellular
- hypocellular
- intercellular
- intracellular
- isocellular
- juxtacellular
- koniocellular
- macrocellular
- magnocellular
- microcellular
- monocellular
- multicellular
- myocellular
- nevocellular
- noncellular
- normocellular
- octocellular
- oligocellular
- pancellular
- paracellular
- parvicellular
- parvocellular
- paucicellular
- pericellular
- picocellular
- pleocellular
- pluricellular
- precellular
- quadricellular
- serocellular
- squamocellular
- subcellular
- supracellular
- transcellular
- tricellular
- ultracellular
- unicellular
Translations
of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
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Noun
cellular (plural cellulars)
- (US, informal) A cellular phone (mobile phone).
- 1994, "Red Museum", (episode of The X-Files TV series)
- MULDER: Yeah, Eddie, this is all good stuff. Yeah, see what else you can find on him from the N.C.I.C. and call me back. At, at this number or on my cellular.
- 1994, "Red Museum", (episode of The X-Files TV series)
Hypernyms
- See also Thesaurus:phone
Translations
mobile phone — see mobile phone
See also
- cell phone
Interlingua
Adjective
cellular (not comparable)
- cellular
Related terms
- cellula