picocell

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noun

A wireless communication system covering a small area, such as a single office or railway station, often used to extend cellular network coverage to indoor areas where signals cannot easily penetrate.

OriginEnglish cell ← Spanish pico ← Old Spanish bico →
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Meanings

nounpicocell (plural picocells)

plural picocells

  1. communicationsA wireless communication system covering a small area, such as a single office or railway station, often used to extend cellular network coverage to indoor areas where signals cannot easily penetrate.

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*bekkos
  2. Gaulish*bekkosbor.?
  3. Latinbeccus
  4. Old Spanishbico
  5. Spanishpico
  6. Englishpico-
  7. Englishcell
  8. Englishpicocell

From pico- + cell.

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APA

picocell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picocell

MLA

“picocell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picocell. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picocell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picocell.

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