cyte

/saษชt/

IPA: /S AY0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    A single-room dwelling for a hermit.

  2. 2

    A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.

  3. 3

    A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.

    โ€œGregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell.โ€

  4. 4

    A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.

    โ€œThe combatants spent the night in separate cells.โ€

  5. 5

    Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.

  6. 6

    Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.

  7. 7

    The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.

  8. 8

    Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.

  9. 9

    A section or compartment of a larger structure.

  10. 10

    Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.

  11. 11

    A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.

    โ€œThis MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells.โ€

  12. 12

    The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.

  13. 13

    A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.

    โ€œThere is a powerful storm cell headed our way.โ€

  14. 14

    The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.

    โ€œThe upper right cell always starts with the color green.โ€

  15. 15

    In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.

  16. 16

    A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.

    โ€œThose three fellows are the local cell of that organization.โ€

  17. 17

    (communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.

    โ€œVirtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells.โ€

  18. 18

    (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.

    โ€œI get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower.โ€

  19. 19

    A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.

  20. 20

    The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.

  21. 21

    The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

  22. 22

    A cella.

  23. 23

    An area of an insect wing bounded by veins

Synonyms

noun
  1. 1

    A cellular phone.

noun
  1. 1

    A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.

    โ€œSรฃo Paulo is the largest city in South America.โ€

  2. 2

    A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.

  3. 3

    The central business district; downtown.

    โ€œI'm going into the city today to do some shopping.โ€

  4. 4

    A large amount of something (used after the noun).

    โ€œIt's video game city in here!โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cell, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cyte