(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | a religious residence especially for nuns |
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction | a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together |
a room where a prisoner is kept | |
small room in which a monk or nun lives | |
any small compartment | |
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | |
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement | |