cellule
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cellule
First recorded in 1645–55, cellule is from the Latin word cellula small room. See cell, -ule
Example Sentences
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But he never knows what is the organization to which his Chef de cellule reports or which issues orders to the Chef.
From Time Magazine Archive
The head of the factory knows of the cellule in his own factory and he knows who is the Chef de cellule.
From Time Magazine Archive
Koenig trouva qu'une telle cellule avait son fond fait de trois rhombes dont chaque grand angle était de 109 degrés, 26 minutes et chaque petit de 70 degrés, 34 minutes.
From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax
Then, with visions of "cellule" for every one concerned, four or five men sprang to pick up the champion.
From A Soldier of the Legion by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
Mr. Darwin then has put forth the hypothesis, that not only all animals, but all vegetables too, might have come from one and the same primitive type, from one and the same living cellule.
From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Downton, Henry
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