DEFINITION REMIX:

CELLS
Lacie Jacobson
ORIGIN

OLD FRENCH: celle

cell

LATIN: cella
- Storeroom or chamber Similar to cellar:
“A room below ground level in a house,
typically used for storing wine or coal.”
DEFINITIONS
1. A small room in which a
prisoner is locked up, or in
which a monk or nun sleeps.
4. The local area covered by
one of the short-range
transmitters in a cellular
telephone system.
- Cellular Phone
2. The smallest structural
and functional unit of an
organism.
- Biological Cell
5. A unit in a device for
converting chemical or solar
energy into electricity.
- Solar Cell
3. A small group acting as a
unit within a larger
organization.
6. A small group forming a
nucleus of political activity,
typically a secret, subversive
one.
- Clandestine Cell System
(terrorist cells)
Cells were first known as storerooms or In the 17th Century, a British natural
chambers. philosopher named Robert Hooke,
looked at a thinly sliced cork. The pores
The chambers that monks and nuns
in the cork reminded him of a monk
sleep in are called cells. They were
chamber, so he called them “cells”.
smaller units that made up a larger
Monastery.
The idea of Cell Theory was introduced
in the 19th Century by a few German
scientists. Cell Theory is:
1. Cells are basic units of all living
things
2. All cells com from other cells
(omnis cellula e cellula)
A couple engineers developed a network
of wireless towers into a “cellular
layout”. This term was used due to the
coverage map or each tower looking like
a biological cell. Phones operating on
this network are called cellular phones,
AKA cell phones.
A solar cell is an electrical device that
converts light energy into electricity
through the photovoltaic effect.
This system is similar to how the plant
cells use photosynthesis. This is the
process used by plants to harness
energy from sunlight and turn it into
chemical energy.
A Clandestine Cell System is a method
for organizing a group of people
(resistance fighters and terrorists) to
resist penetration from outside forces
(police officers).
In this structure, those in a cell only
know the identities of those within their
own cell to prevent information being
leaked through interrogation.
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