source: integral monastery.: The Monastic Cell

1. a small room in which a prisoner is locked up or in which a monk or nun sleeps.

(刑務所の)独房, 監房; (修道院の)独居房; (隠遁（とん）者の)庵（いおり）

historical a small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger one.

2. Biology the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.

〘生物〙 細胞

an enclosed cavity in an organism.

a small compartment in a larger structure such as a honeycomb.

(ハチの巣などの)房室; 〘虫〙 翅室（ししつ）; 〘植〙 (子房の)小室.

3. a small group forming a nucleus of political activity, typically a secret, subversive one:

(大組織内の)小グループ; (政党･組織などの)細胞, 支部

e.g. the weapons may be used to arm terrorist cells.

4. a device containing electrodes immersed in an electrolyte, used for current-generation or electrolysis.

〘電〙 電池 (!cellの集合体がbattery)

a unit in a device for converting chemical or solar energy into electricity.

5. the local area covered by one of the short-range transmitters in a cellular telephone system.

(携帯電話の)通話可能区域;

North American short for cellular phone.

｟米･くだけて｠ 携帯電話(→ cell phone)

e.g. I'll just call him on his cell.

celled adjective

in combination : a single-celled organism

cell-like |-ˌlīk| adjective

Old English, from Old French celle or Latin cella ‘storeroom or chamber’.