cell | (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 |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation somatic cell nuclear transfer SCNT nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
battery assault and battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
cell-mediated immune response | an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells |
barrage barrage fire battery bombardment shelling | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target, they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops, the shelling went on for hours without pausing |
flame cell | organ of excretion in flatworms |
flagellated cell | any cell or oneelled organism equipped with a flagellum |
choanocyte collar cell | any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum, they maintain a flow of water through the body |
A battery | the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube |
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battery electric battery | a device that produces electricity, may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series |
battery stamp battery | a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores |
B battery | battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube |
bullpen detention cell detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
car battery automobile battery | a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle, usually a -volt battery of six cells, the heart of the car's electrical system |
C battery | battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube |
cell electric cell | a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction |
cell jail cell prison cell | a room where a prisoner is kept |
cell cubicle | small room in which a monk or nun lives |
cell | any small compartment, the cells of a honeycomb |
cellular telephone cellular phone cellphone cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter receiver |
charger battery charger | a device for charging or recharging batteries |
Clark cell Clark standard cell | a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force |
dry battery | a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells |
dry cell | a small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid, the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell, used in flashlights, portable radios, etc. |
electrolytic cell | a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) |
flashlight battery | a small dry battery containing dry cells, used to power flashlights |
fuel cell | cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air), often used in electric cars |
grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
holding cell | a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial |
Kerr cell | optical device consisting of a transparent cell with two electrodes between two polarizing media, passes light only if the two planes of polarization are parallel, used as a high-speed shutter or to modulate a laser beam |
lead-acid battery lead-acid accumulator | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte, each cell generates about volts |
Leclanche cell | voltaic cell that produces approximately . volts |
mercury cell | a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide |
nickel-iron battery nickel-iron accumulator | a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, each cell gives about . volts |
photoelectric cell photoconductive cell photocell electric eye magic eye | a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations |
quartz battery quartz mill | a stamp mill for stamping quartz |
selenium cell | a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium |
solar array solar battery solar panel | electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells |
solar cell photovoltaic cell | a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy |
standard cell | a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force |
storage battery accumulator | a voltaic battery that stores electric charge |
storage cell secondary cell | a cell that can be recharged |
voltaic battery galvanic battery | battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel |
voltaic cell galvanic cell primary cell | an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy, cannot be recharged |
Weston cell cadmium cell | a standard voltaic cell (trademark Weston) |
wet cell | a primary voltaic cell having a liquid electrolyte |
skin cell | any of the cells making up the skin |
epidermal cell | any of the cells making up the epidermis |
prickle cell | a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickleell layer), has many spines and radiating processes |