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
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)
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
"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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