supercell
English
noun
Definitions
- A severe thunderstorm with updrafts and downdrafts that are in near balance, allowing the storm to maintain itself for several hours. Supercells often produce large hail, powerful downpours, very strong winds and sometimes tornadoes.
- (mineralogy) A repeating unit cell of a crystal that contains several primitive cells.
Etymology
Prefix from English cell.
Origin
English
cell
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 16-cell English
- 24-cell English
- 5-cell English
- 8-cell English
- barycell English
- cell English
- cell count English
- cellblock English
- cellbound English
- celled English
- cellful English
- cellhouse English
- cellie English
- celliferous English
- celliform English
- celling English
- cellmate English
- cellome English
- cellwide English
- cellwise English
- cellwork English
- celly English
- cons cell English
- femtocell English
- geocell English
- hypercell English
- intercell English
- intracell English
- macrocell English
- microcell English
- midcell English
- minicell English
- multicell English
- nanocell English
- noncell English
- photocell English
- picocell English
- polycell English
- precell English
- protocell English
- subcell English
- unicell English
- virocell English
- hungarocell Hungarian
- cell Dutch, Flemish
- celle Middle English
- सेल Hindi
- เซลล์ Thai
- seli Swahili
- jeeļ Marshallese
- sela Malagasy
- cell
- celly
- 8-cell
- cellie
- 5-cell
- celled
- cellome
- geocell
- celling
- 24-cell
- precell
- noncell
- midcell
- cellful
- 16-cell
- subcell
- unicell
- barycell
- picocell
- virocell
- polycell
- minicell
- cellmate
- cellwise
- cellwork
- nanocell
- cellwide
- cons cell
- macrocell
- hypercell
- multicell
- microcell
- intracell
- photocell
- celliform
- cellhouse
- cellblock
- cellbound
- intercell
- femtocell
- protocell
- cell count
- celliferous