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"Now that mobile devices are becoming as powerful as personal computers and more ubiquitous, challenging mobile developers and young inventors to develop the right applications can take the device simply known as a cellular phone and transform it into a catalyst to help society in many different ways."

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or resembling a cell.
  2. adjective Consisting of or containing a cell or cells: the cellular construction of a beehive; the cellular nature of plant and animal tissue.
  3. adjective Of or involving the cells of an organization or movement: "The assessment of opposition to any totalitarian regime . . . is notoriously difficult, for any effective movement must be secretive and cellular” (Anthony Sampson).

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  • "Now that mobile devices are becoming as powerful as personal computers and more ubiquitous, challenging mobile developers and young inventors to develop the right applications can take the device simply known as a cellular phone and transform it into a catalyst to help society in many different ways." —  SlashPhone
  • I also affixed a better snout that had some sharp teeth - as a cellular organism I had taken it down a decidedly aggressive, carnivorous path and decided to stay the course. —  The Globe and Mail - Technology RSS feed
  • The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. —  RCR Wireless News
  • Other large groups emerged more than one billion years ago around the first appearance of multi-cellular organisms, as well as at the time of origin of bony fishes about 400 million years ago. —  Impact Lab
  • This would suggest that proteins with non-cellular origins might have structures or functions that are incompatible with normal cellular biology, which of course would significantly limit their use in synthetic biology. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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  1. From Latin cellula, cellule; see cellule.

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  1. from French cellulaire = Spanish celular = Portuguese cellular = Italian cellulare, from New Latin cellularis, from L. (New Latin) cellula: see cellula, cell.
 

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