cellular
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈsɛljələr/
:
móvil (ES)
- This is on the ground cellular subscribers for mobile phones.
- a cellular phone
- cellular network
- cellular service
Mint Mobile is a new version of this whole cellular data and service.
- Mint Mobile is a new version of this whole cellular data and service.
- I just push one button, turn on this line and then it says choose a cellular plan to turn off.
- What that means is if your phone is in airplane mode or not even connected to Wi-Fi or cellular, you'll be able to find it.
- And Sprint Cellular had a App Store, but they called it the jukebox, right?
- And so we went to a very remote area where you didn't have television signal, you didn't even have cellular signal.
- It's kind of like charging your cellular phone.
- You can now video chat via your cellular phone.
Examples
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Are you talkin' to me on a cellular phone?
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They say the damage to the tower has rendered all cellular telephones useless.
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Yes, it was a cellular phone.
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This has even a cellular phone.
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Look, an old woman on a cellular telephone.
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Mint Mobile is a new version of this whole cellular data and service.
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To do this, it could be linked by cellular radio networks to clinical data systems.
Academic text (1991) -
I'm running late, so I use my portable cellular phone to let them know I'm on the way.
Academic text (1994) -
Communications technology such as cellular phones and facsimile machines were in short supply during the emergency.
Academic text (1994) -
The cellular network allows users to make phone calls without being connected by wires.
Synonyms
347
3.4
Made for use on smartphones or tablets
Compounds
7
3.0
A small phone you carry to make calls and send messages from many places
- Specialized
1
3.8
A process in which a cell splits to make two or more new cells for growth and reproduction
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Lightweight building material with many small air pockets that keep heat in or out
- Specialized
A light hard foam made from crushed glass that keeps heat in and resists water
- Specialized
A small spot inside a cell that shows disease or how the cell works
- Specialized
A process cells use to get energy from food like sugar and make carbon dioxide
- Specialized
A slime mold that keeps its cells separate during its life cycle and does not form a single mass
- Specialized
A light, pre-made building block that insulates and resists fire and mold
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cellular comes from Latin cellula 'small room' and the later use of cell for small areas in a phone network. So a cellular network uses many small 'rooms' or areas for signals, which is why we call mobile phone systems 'cellular'.