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Meaning of "multicellular" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MULTICELLULAR

multicellular  [ˌmʌltɪˈseljʊlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MULTICELLULAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Multicellular is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MULTICELLULAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

multicellular

Multicellular organism

Multicellular organisms are organisms that consist of more than one cell, in contrast to single-celled organisms. To form a multicellular organism, these cells need to identify and attach to the other cells. Few unicellular species can be seen individually with the naked eye. The rest of the nearly two million visible species are multicellular. In particular all species of animals, land plants and filamentous fungi are multicellular, as are many algae. Some organisms are partially uni- and multicellular, like Dictyostelium. Multicellular organisms —like plants, fungi, animals and brown algae— arise from a single cell and generate a multi-celled organism. Pluricellular organisms are the result of many-celled individuals joining together through colony formation, filament formation or aggregation. Pluricellularity has evolved independently in Volvox and some flagellated green algae. The evolution of multicellularity from unicellular ancestors has been replicated in the laboratory, in evolution experiments using predation as the selective pressure.

Definition of multicellular in the English dictionary

The definition of multicellular in the dictionary is having many cells.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MULTICELLULAR


acellular
eɪˈsɛljʊlə
alula
ˈæljʊlə
alular
ˈæljʊlə
cellular
ˈsɛljʊlə
circular
ˈsɜːkjʊlə
extracellular
ˌɛkstrəˈsɛljʊlə
formula
ˈfɔːmjʊlə
hepatocellular
ˌhɛpətəʊˈsɛljʊlə
intercellular
ˌɪntəˈsɛljʊlə
intracellular
ˌɪntrəˈsɛljʊlə
maxillula
mækˈsɪljʊlə
molecular
məʊˈlɛkjʊlə
noncellular
ˌnɒnˈseljʊlə
particular
pəˈtɪkjʊlə
pilular
ˈpɪljʊlə
popular
ˈpɒpjʊlə
regular
ˈrɛɡjʊlə
stellular
ˈstɛljʊlə
subcellular
sʌbˈseljʊlə
unicellular
ˌjuːnɪˈsɛljʊlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MULTICELLULAR

multicamerate
multicampus
multicapitate
multicar
multicarbon
multicast
multicauline
multicausal
multicell
multicenter
multicentral
multicentric
multichain
multichambered
multichannel
multichannel analyser
multicharacter
multicide
multicipital
multicity

WORDS THAT END LIKE MULTICELLULAR

angular
calcular
cardiovascular
curricular
formular
in particular
irregular
modular
muscular
ocular
perpendicular
rectangular
secular
singular
titular
triangular
tubular
vascular
vehicular
vestibular

Synonyms and antonyms of multicellular in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «multicellular» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MULTICELLULAR

Find out the translation of multicellular to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of multicellular from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «multicellular» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多细胞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

multicelular
570 millions of speakers

English

multicellular
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुकोशिकीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متعددة الخلايا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многоклеточные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

multicelular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহুকোষী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

multicellulaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Multiselular
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vielzelligen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多細胞の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다세포
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Multisel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đa bào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பல செல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहुकोशिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çok hücreli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

multicellulare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielokomórkowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багатоклітинні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

multicelular
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυκύτταροι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meersellige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

multicellulär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flercellet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of multicellular

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MULTICELLULAR»

The term «multicellular» is regularly used and occupies the 75.047 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MULTICELLULAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «multicellular» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «multicellular» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about multicellular

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MULTICELLULAR»

Discover the use of multicellular in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to multicellular and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Multicellular Animals: The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa
This volume covers the Metazoa from the Mollusca up to the Arthropoda; the last volume III will treat the Nemathelminthes and the Deuterostomia.
Peter Ax, 2000
2
Bacteria As Multicellular Organisms
This work goes beyond the traditional view of bacteria as single, autonomous cells and instead approaches bacteria as sentient, interactive organisms capable of significant collective activity.
James Alan Shapiro, Martin Dworkin, 1997
3
Biology: A Functional Approach
In Biology, Advanced Topics there is a discussion of cell size in relation to the development of the multicellular state, and slime moulds as organisms which are both unicellular and multicellular. and behaviour with a group of protistans called  ...
M. B. V. Roberts, 1986
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Advanced Biology
He recognised three levels of organisation: prokaryotes, unicellular eukaryotes and multicellular eukaryotes. The methods of nutrition were: heterotrophic (which could be subdivided into ingestive and absorptive) and photosynthetic. On this ...
Michael Roberts, Michael Jonathan Reiss, Grace Monger, 2000
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Excel Science Study Guide Years 9-10
Multicellular organisms such as humans are composed of many different types of cells. Cells have a large variety of sizes and shapes. This is due to the specialisation of cells in a multicellular organism. • These different cells are organised into ...
Will Marchment, 2004
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D-Amino Acids in Sequences of Secreted Peptides of ...
In fact, the extent to which D-amino acids are incorporated into peptides by multicellular organisms probably has not been fully realized, since routine Edman sequencing does not provide the absolute stereochemistry of amino acid residues.
Pierre Jollès, 1998
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Certain Multicellular Plastic Film, Inv. 337-TA-54
Tong Seae, which does not utilize the patented process. A cease and desist order would not, in our judgment, be an appropriate remedy in this case because such order would not include within its scope foreign manufacturers and domestic ...
8
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: An ...
All the above are multicellular eucaryotes: their cells have nuclei, nucleoli, nuclear membranes, mitochondria, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum and other specialised structures within a cell membrane and cell wall. Their multicellular ...
W. John Spicer, 2008
9
Control Processes in Multicellular Organisms
CIBA Foundation Symposium. CQNTROL PROCESSES IN MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS CONTROL PROCESSES IN MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS A Ciba Foundation Symposium Edited.
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
10
Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History
Multicellular organisms are an extreme example of this type of cooperation. Organisms such as ourselves consist of hundreds of billions of individual cells, yet only a tiny number, the so-called germ cells, have any chance of reproducing.
David Christian, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MULTICELLULAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term multicellular is used in the context of the following news items.
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A dictionary of the language of cells
In their struggle to survive and prosper, multicellular organisms rely on a complex network of communication between cells, which in humans ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
2
Why the $100m alien listening project may be a huge waste of time
Perhaps the combination of astronomical, geological, chemical and biological factors needed to allow the emergence of complex, multicellular ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»
3
Incredible one-eyed microscopic creature discovered
It contains a collection of sub-cellular organelles that look very much like the lens, cornea, iris and retina of multicellular eyes found in humans ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
4
Stephen Hawking: it is time to hunt for alien civilisations
... but it took two and half billion to get to multicellular organisms, and technological intelligence has appeared only once, so it may be very rare. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Plate Tectonics, A Driving Factor Behind Life's Evolution?
These rapid rises preceded the Ediacaran and Cambrian periods, hot incubator times for multicellular life. They also found nutrient-poor ... «R & D Magazine, Jul 15»
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Plate tectonics may have driven the evolution of life on Earth
... Ediacaran (635 to 542 million years ago) and Cambrian (541 to 485 mya) periods, a time when multicellular animal life took off in a big way. «HeritageDaily, Jul 15»
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MSU's BEACON Center nets $22.5M grant to continue evolution …
... from single-celled to multicellular life. Charles Ofria, director of MSU's Digital Evolution Laboratory, and fellow BEACONITE Heather Goldsby, ... «MSUToday, Jul 15»
8
Discovery of new genes suggest why insects are the most …
Such channels emerged in bacteria and multicellular organisms and are distinct from separate water channels known as aquaporins. «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
9
Men-of-War on Beaches Here
Among the many visitors to the South Fork this summer is a dangerous multicellular organism making an appearance along the shore. «East Hampton Star, Jul 15»
10
Death by Design? Spatial models show that natural selection favors …
... death – which standard theories say is impossible for multicellular organisms – provides an additional explanation for empirical observations, ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Multicellular [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/multicellular>. May 2024 ».
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