cell (of honeycomb)
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cell (in biology)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | bǰiǰ (բջիջ) | |
| meaning 1 | cell (of honeycomb) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cell (in biology) | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bashkir | |
| lexeme | күҙәнәк | |
| meaning 1 | honeycomb | Бал ҡорттары күҙәнәктәрҙе өс төрлө яһай. Honey bees make three types of honeycombs. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cell (in biology) | Аҡ ҡан күҙәнәктәре. White blood cells. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Also 'pore of skin' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme | buňka | |
| meaning 1 | cell (of honeycomb) | voskové buňky plástů plné medu honeycomb wax cells full of honey |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cell (in biology) | nervová buňka neuron |
| reference | SSJČ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | cel | |
| meaning 1 | cell (of honeycomb) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cell (in biology) | hersencel brain cell |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | cell | |
| meaning 1 | cell (of honeycomb) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cell (in biology) | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Slovak | |
| lexeme | bunka | |
| meaning 1 | cell (of honeycomb) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cell (in biology) | pečeňové bunky liver cells |
| reference | Slovníkový portál | |
| comment | ||
The cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, which can be found to be described in his book Micrographia. p. 113: " ... I could exceedingly plainly perceive it to be all perforated and porous, much like a Honey-comb, but that the pores of it were not regular [...] these pores, or cells, [...] were indeed the first microscopical pores I ever saw, and perhaps, that were ever seen, for I had not met with any Writer or Person, that had made any mention of them before this..."