Noncellular vs. Cellular: Know the Difference

Not cellular.

Of, relating to, or resembling a cell.

Not made up of or divided into cells. Opposite of cellular.

Consisting of or containing a cell or cells

Not made up of or divided into cells

Of or involving the cells of an organization or movement

Of or relating to a cellular telephone.

Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.

A cellular phone (mobile phone).

Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.

Porous; containing cavities.

Pertaining to or using a system of transmission of telephone signals by radio, in which areas are divided into geographical parts (cells), each of which is served by a transmitter whose range is limited to that region, thus permitting a single transmission frequency to be used simulataneously in different parts of the same area. Cellular telephones are typically small and battery powered, allowing a subscriber with such a telephone to carry the telephone in a pocket or purse, over the entire area served, and to be contacted by a single telephone number. The system became widespread and popular in the 1980's and 1990's; as, cellular telephones sometimes lose their link unpredictably.

Relating to cells;

Characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization);