Cellular

//ˈsɛl.ju.lɚ// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cellular phone (mobile phone). US, informal

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Light to mid-weight, having a regular cell-like construction with small perforations, generally woven; (of a garment) made of cellular fabric.

    "a cellular sports shirt"

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization) wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to cells wordnet

Example

More examples

"I want a cellular phone, but I don't have enough money to pay for one."

Etymology

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

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