cellular — English Dictionary

Adjective

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

   Examples

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

   Usage

   • of a fabric

   Examples

   a cellular sports shirt

   for man is born free but everywhere is in cellular underwear

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

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

   Usage

   • of networks

   Examples

   cellular network

   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. Using such a network.

   Usage

   • of devices on a network or the things they do

   Examples

   cellular phone

   cellular data

Noun

1. A cellular phone (mobile phone).

   Usage

   • US usage
   • Informal

   Related words

   cell phone

   Examples

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

   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. relating to cells

   Examples

   cellular walls

   cellular physiology

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

   Antonyms

   noncellular

   Examples

   the cellular construction of a beehive

   any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular