cellular

/ˈsɛl.ju.lə/US/ˈsɛl.ju.lɚ/

cellular adjective: of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.

Adjective

cellular (comparative more cellular, superlative most cellular)

Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
- 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
Light to mid-weight, having a regular cell-like construction with small perforations, generally woven; (of a garment) made of such a fabric.
- a cellular sports shirt
- for man is born free but everywhere is in cellular underwear1963, Jonathan Miller, “The Heat-Death of the Universe”, in Richard Wilmut, editor, The Complete Beyond the Fringe, London: Mandarin, published 1993, page 32
Using cells (local groups of devices sharing a transceiver).
- cellular network
- The reason the network can work is that it is cellular: devices within a certain area are connected to a tower that is not far away.
Using such a network.
- cellular phone
- cellular data

Noun

cellular (plural cellulars)

(US, informal) A cellular phone (mobile phone).
- If there's no answer on his office landline then you should call his cellular.
- 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.1994, "Red Museum", (episode of The X-Files TV series)

cellular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

cellular in Hindi

of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells: सेलुलर selular

cellular in Tamil

கண் அறைகளாலான

cellular in Marathi

of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells: पेशीय peśīya

cellular in Telugu

సెల్యులార్, సెల్యులర్

More languagesFewer languages

cellular in Malayalam: കോശനിർമ്മിതം, സൂക്ഷ്മകോശങ്ങളുള്ള
cellular in Kannada: ಸೆಲ್ಯುಲಾರ್, ಸೆಲ್ಯುಲರ್
cellular in Punjabi: ਸੈਲੂਲਰ, ਸੈਲਿਊਲਰ, ਸੇਲੂਲਰ
cellular in Gujarati: સેલ્યુલર, કોષીય, કોશિકીય
cellular in Odia: ସେଲୁଲାର, କୋଷୀଯ଼
cellular in Nepali: सेलुलर, सेल्युलर, कोशिकीय
cellular in Tagalog: maraming sela
cellular in Arabic: خَلَوِيّ ḵalawiyy
cellular in Malay: selular
cellular in Indonesian: selular, seluler
cellular in Persian: سلولی seluli, یاختگی yaxtegi
cellular in Vietnamese: di động

Examples of cellular in a sentence

He carried a cellular phone so that friends could reach him when he was out and about.
Cellular mobiles can have apparently bizarre holes in their reach.
Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.

All 40 example sentences with cellular

Forms of cellular

Adjective
comparative	more cellular
superlative	most cellular
Noun
plural	cellulars

Origin of cellular

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

Words formed from cellular

Phrases with cellular

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Words that rhyme with cellular

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Questions about cellular

What does cellular mean?: Cellular means of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
What is cellular in Hindi?: Cellular in Hindi is सेलुलर (selular). See Cellular meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cellular?: Cellular can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce cellular?: Cellular is pronounced /ˈsɛl.ju.lə/ (UK).

Words near cellular in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: cellular (page history and authors); cellular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cellular (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cellular (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cellular (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cellular (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cellular (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cellular (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cellular (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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