cellular

comparative more cellular · superlative most cellular

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.

   2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171

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

   a cellular sports shirt

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   for man is born free but everywhere is in cellular underwear

   1963, Jonathan Miller, “The Heat-Death of the Universe”, in Richard Wilmut, editor, The Complete Beyond the Fringe, London: Mandarin, published 1993, page 32

   the wind hitting your chest through your cellular blouse as though you had absolutely nothing on

   1988, Clare Morgan, “Losing”, in John Davies, editor, The Green Bridge: Stories from Wales, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan: Seren, page 262

3. communicationsUsing cells (local groups of devices sharing a transceiver).

   cellular network

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   The reason the network can work is that it is cellular: devices within a certain area are connected to a tower that is not far away.

4. communicationsUsing such a network.

   cellular data

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   cellular phone

plural cellulars

1. USinformalA cellular phone (mobile phone).

   If there's no answer on his office landline then you should call his cellular.

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   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)