Atom vs. Cell — What's the Difference?

An atom is the smallest unit of ordinary matter that forms a chemical element. Every solid, liquid, gas, and plasma is composed of neutral or ionized atoms.

A narrow confining room, as in a prison or convent.

A part or particle considered to be an irreducible constituent of a specified system.

A small enclosed cavity or space, such as a compartment in a honeycomb or within a plant ovary or an area bordered by veins in an insect's wing.

The irreducible, indestructible material unit postulated by ancient atomism.

(Biology) The smallest structural unit of an organism that is capable of independent functioning, consisting of cytoplasm, usually one nucleus, and various other organelles, all surrounded by a semipermeable cell membrane.

An extremely small part, quantity, or amount.

(Architecture) See web.

The smallest unit of an element, having all the characteristics of that element and consisting of a very small and dense central nucleus containing protons and neutrons, surrounded by one or more shells of orbiting electrons. Atoms remain undivided in chemical reactions except for the donation, acceptance, or exchange of valence electrons.

The smallest organizational unit of a clandestine group or movement, such as a banned political movement or a terrorist group. A cell's leader is often the only person who knows members of the organization outside the cell.

This unit regarded as a source of nuclear energy.

A single unit for electrolysis or conversion of chemical into electric energy, usually consisting of a container with electrodes and an electrolyte; a battery. Also called electrochemical cell.

The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.

A single unit that converts radiant energy into electric energy

(history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.

A fuel cell.

The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.

A geographic area or zone surrounding a transmitter in a cellular telephone system.

(philosophy) In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.

A cellphone.

(historical) The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.

(Computers) A basic unit of storage in a computer memory that can hold one unit of information, such as a character or word.

A mote of dust in a sunbeam.

A storm cell.

A very small amount; a whit.

A small humble abode, such as a hermit's cave or hut.

An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value.

A small religious house dependent on a larger one, such as a priory within an abbey.

(mathematics) A non-zero member of a partially ordered set that has only zero below it (assuming that the poset has a least element, its "zero").

A box or other unit on a spreadsheet or similar array at the intersection of a column and a row.

An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement.

To store in a honeycomb.

An age group division in hockey for nine- to eleven-year-olds.

To live in or share a prison cell.

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

A single-room dwelling for a hermit.

The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.

A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.

Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.

A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.

To reduce to atoms.

A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.

(physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element

Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.

(entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.

(obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.

A section or compartment of a larger structure.

Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.

A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.

(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.

(meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.

(computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.

(card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.

A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.

(communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.

(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.

(geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope. Category:en:Higher-dimensional geometry

(statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.

(architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

(architecture) A cella.

(entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.

A cellular phone.

(transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.

Any small cavity, or hollow place.

The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.

One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.

To place or inclose in a cell.

Any small compartment;

(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; cells may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals

A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

Small room is which a monk or nun lives

A room where a prisoner is kept