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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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
It is not more difficult to see in the living cellule a transformation of matter, and in man a transformation of the monkey, than to point out in a sponge the ancestor of the horse.
From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Downton, Henry
The cellule at first is observed to be empty, and then, by the aid of secretion, green matter is gradually produced in the cavity and assumes a definite form.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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)
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