{
  "id": "cell.biological",
  "term": "cell",
  "sense": "biological",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 16,
  "arena": "cell",
  "domain": "biological",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a bounded piece of matter in which life persist and interact",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "matter.substance",
      "life.biological",
      "boundary.limit"
    ],
    "interaction": "the bounded piece of matter include life that persist and the parts interact to form a distinct structure",
    "novel_properties": [
      "bounded interior",
      "growth"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The amoeba *Amoeba proteus* engulfs food and divides every 24 hours in freshwater ponds.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The lithium-ion cell in a Tesla Model S packs 3.7 volts and degrades after 1,500 charge cycles.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "A single E. coli cell in a petri dish splits every 20 minutes at 37°C.",
      "domain": "laboratory"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "structure.arrangement",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "cancer.disease"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "cell",
    "cells"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cell.biological"
}