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Cel`i*dog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;,
&?; stain, spot + -graphy: cf. F.
célidographie.] A description of apparent
spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.

Cell (?), n. [OF. celle, fr.
L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E.
hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.]
1. A very small and close apartment, as in a
prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a
hermit.

The heroic confessor in his cell.

Macaulay.

2. A small religious house attached to a
monastery or convent. "Cells or dependent priories."
Milman.

3. Any small cavity, or hollow
place.

4. (Arch.) (a) The
space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
(b) Same as Cella.

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

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


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