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cel·lu·lar
 cellular
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- pronunciation:
- sel
y
lr
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, or resembling cells.
Microscopes allow us to see cellular structure.These molecules cannot penetrate the cellular membrane. |
| definition 2: |
of or pertaining to cellular phones.
They live in an isolated area where there is no cellular service yet. |
(adj.)cellular
+ adverb
worldwide
(adj.)cellular
+ noun
aging,
antenna,
association,
automata,
automaton,
bacterium,
battery,
beeper,
billing,
biologist,
biology,
broadband,
call,
caller,
carrier,
communication,
company,
component,
constituent,
customer,
damage,
debris,
division,
energy,
enzyme,
fax,
field,
foam,
franchise,
frequency,
function,
gene,
growth,
handset,
immunity,
industry,
integrity,
laptop,
lesion,
level,
license,
machinery,
mechanism,
membrane,
metabolism,
mitosis,
modem,
network,
nutrition,
operator,
organelle,
oxygen,
pager,
paging,
phone,
physiology,
protein,
provider,
receptor,
repair,
respiration,
ring,
service,
signal,
sociology,
solid,
structure,
subscriber,
system,
technology,
telecommunication,
telephone,
telephony,
tissue,
tower,
transmission,
transmitter,
tumor,
turnover,
user,
wireless
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| derivations: |
cellularly (adv.), cellularity (n.) |
The word cellular
contains the following part:
-ar1
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means of, pertaining to, or resembling
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ar1attaches to bound Latinate bases to form adjectives. Most adjectives ending in -ar1 combine with the suffix -ity to form nouns ending in -arity. -ar1 is a variant of -al2, -ial that for phonological reasons occurs with bases ending in 'l'.
Example words:
angular, cellular, circular, linear, lunar, muscular, particular, perpendicular, popular, regular, similar, solar, spectacular, stellar, tubular
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