cellular

CEFRC1

/ˈsɛl.ju.lə/

adjective

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At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Also pronounced

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

Light to mid-weight, having a regular cell-like construction with small perforations, generally woven; (of a garment) made of cellular fabric.
Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.

In context

I want a cellular phone.
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.
a cellular sports shirt

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for man is born free but everywhere is in cellular underwear
1963, Jonathan Miller, “The Heat-Death of the Universe”, in Richard Wilmut, editor, The Complete Beyond the Fringe, London: Mandarin, published 1993, page 32
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.
2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171
the wind hitting your chest through your cellular blouse as though you had absolutely nothing on
1988, Clare Morgan, “Losing”, in John Davies, editor, The Green Bridge: Stories from Wales, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan: Seren, page 262

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