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cellule

American  
[sel-yool] / ˈsɛl jul /

noun

  1. a minute cell.


cellule British  
/ ˈsɛljuːl /

noun

  1. a very small cell

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cellule

First recorded in 1645–55, cellule is from the Latin word cellula small room. See cell, -ule

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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

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

Cytoblast, sī′to-blast, n. the nucleus or germinal spot of a cellule, from which the organic cell is developed.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

There is nothing surprising in this; rather it is one of Nature's laws that may not be overlooked, traceable back to that first coalescence when the female cellule absorbs the male.

From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

"La petite cellule" as Châteaubriand called her retreat, was as much frequented as her brilliant salons in Paris had been, and she was even more highly considered.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various

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