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Cell
the unit of plants that makes up tissues. Cells have a cell wall that encloses the protoplasm.
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Fundamental structural unit of all life. The cell consists primarily of an outer plasma membrane, which separates it from the environment; the genetic material (DNA), which encodes heritable information for the maintainance of life; and the cytoplasm, a heterogeneous assemblage of ions, molecules, a...
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Square canopies are made up of pressurized cells, usually seven or nine. Each cell consists of a load bearing rib at each side to which the suspension lines are attached. A third, non load bearing rib runs down the middle of the cell. The cell is pressurized through the open mouth at the front and ...
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Smallest unit of living matter able to grow and reproduce independently. Cells contain DNA for storing information, ribosomes for making proteins, and mechanisms for converting energy.
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The living cell includes protoplasm, nucleus and cytoplasm within its walls. An individual biological unit, capable of independent function and able to divide to form two new identical cells.
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(Life processes and cells) Basic unit of life. Unicellular organisms only have one cell. Multicellular organisms have many cells.
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[n] - a small unit serving as the nucleus of a larger political movement 2. [n] - any small compartment 3. [n] - small room is which a monk or nun lives 4. [n] - a room where a prisoner is kept 5. [n] - a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical rea...
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Two meanings The coverage area of a single radio base station or sector in a mobile communications system. Fixed size packet in a cell relay system such as ATM.
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A small chamber or room, often used of the small detached buildings that are found in Celtic monasteries.
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A small room or hut for one person.
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(NETWORK GLOSSARY) The basic unit for ATM switching and multiplexing. Each cell consists of a five byte header and 48 bytes of payload.
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Cell
Centre of the wing
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A small structural unit, surrounded by a membrane, making up living things.
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Electrochemical system consisting of an anode and a cathode immersed in an electrolyte. The anode and cathode may be separate metals or dissimilar areas on the same metal. The cell includes the external circuit, which permits the flow of electrons from the anode toward the cathode. See also electroc...
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An energy source providing an electrical potential difference between its two terminals such that a current* can flow between them. A cell's energy is stored internally as chemicals that react with each other.
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(cells) The building blocks of the body. Every part of the body is made up of individual cells. Cells are basically very similar. But each type of cell is specially adapted for the part of the body it makes up. For example, the liver is made up of liver cells. Cancer is a disease that starts wit...
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A small enclosed space - such as a small monastery for a handful of members (see priory cell, or a place of punishment for prisoners.
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The building block of plants and animals
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The smallest independent part of an organism
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A closed electrochemical power source. The minimum unit of a battery.
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Cell
An ATM packet that is 53 bytes in length with a 5 byte header and 48 byte payload.
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A tiny area within the memory array that actually stores the bit in the form of an electrical charge.
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the tiny structures that make up all the tissues of the body and carry out all of its functions
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The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms capable of performing activities vital to life
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The smallest unit of an organism that is able to function independently.
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