Cell

a term of various applications: (1) the compartments of a honeycomb, (2) one of the small structures composing the substance of plants, generally indistinguishable by the naked eye, and each at least, for a time, being a whole — in itself. (3) A term often applied to 7 smal cavity bat properly restrict to a microscopical anatomical element with a nucleus cell-wall and cell-contents ed when typically formed. (4) The space between the two ribs of 2 vault, or the space inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple. (5) A structure in a wrought-iron beam or girder; a tube consisting of four wrought-iron plates riveted to angle-iron at the corners. (6) In electricity, a single jar, containing a couple of plates, generally copper and zinc, united to their opposite or to each other usually by a wire, Cell in i, Benvenuto, Itali an sculptor, born in Florence, 1500; died there 1571. His chief works are: the “ Perseus” at Florence; the colo al “Mars” at Fontainebleau; and a “ Christ us” in the Escurial Palace.