# cellular
## English
### Etymology

From New Latin cellulāris, from cellula (“cell”) + -āris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛl.ju.lɚ/, /ˈsɛl.jə.lɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

### Adjective

cellular (comparative more cellular, superlative most cellular)
* Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
** 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, page 171: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.
* (of a fabric) Light to mid-weight, having a regular cell-like construction with small perforations, generally woven; (of a garment) made of cellular fabric.
    a cellular sports shirt
** 1963, Jonathan Miller, “The Heat-Death of the Universe”, in Richard Wilmut, editor, The Complete Beyond the Fringe‎, London: Mandarin, published 1993, page 32:for man is born free but everywhere is in cellular underwear
** 1988, Clare Morgan, “Losing”, in John Davies, editor, The Green Bridge: Stories from Wales‎, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan: Seren, page 262:the wind hitting your chest through your cellular blouse as though you had absolutely nothing on

#### Derived terms

* acellular
* adipocellular
* aerocellular
* autocellular
* basocellular
* bicellular
* biocellular
* block cellular automaton
* cellular automaton
* cellular debris
* cellular glass insulation
* cellularisation
* cellularity
* cellularization
* cellularize
* cellular kite
* cellularly
* cellular mobile
* cellular phone
* cellular shade
* cellular telephone
* cellular therapy
* cellular virome
* cholangiocellular
* chronic cellular dehydration
* circumcellular
* cylindrocellular
* discocellular
* ectocellular
* elementary cellular automaton
* endocellular
* epicellular
* equicellular
* exocellular
* extracellular
* fibrinocellular
* fibrocellular
* floating cellular data
* gigantocellular
* hepatocellular
* heterocellular
* homocellular
* hypercellular
* hypocellular
* intercellular
* intracellular
* isocellular
* juxtacellular
* koniocellular
* Life-like cellular automaton
* macrocellular
* magnocellular
* mechanocellular
* mesocellular
* microcellular
* monocellular
* mucocellular
* multicellular
* musculocellular
* myocellular
* neurocellular
* nevocellular
* noncellular
* normocellular
* octocellular
* oligocellular
* pancellular
* paracellular
* partitioning cellular automaton
* parvicellular
* parvocellular
* paucicellular
* pericellular
* picocellular
* pleocellular
* pluricellular
* polycellular
* polymorphocellular
* precellular
* protocellular
* quadricellular
* serocellular
* shellular
* soulular
* squamocellular
* subcellular
* supercellular
* supracellular
* teratocellular
* transcellular
* tricellular
* ultracellular
* unicellular

#### Translations
### Noun

cellular (plural cellulars)
* (US, informal) A cellular phone (mobile phone).
** 1994, "Red Museum", (episode of The X-Files TV series)
    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.

#### Hypernyms

* See also Thesaurus:phone

#### See also

* cell phone

### References

* ↑ Janet Wilson, CLassic and Modern Fabrics: the Complete Illustrated Sourcebook, New York: Thames & Hudson, 2010, p. 53,

## Interlingua
### Adjective

cellular (not comparable)
* cellular

#### Related terms

* cellula