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CELL PHONE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Call up by using a cellular phone
Example:
If the train is late, I will cell phone you
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "cell phone" is one way to...):
call; call up; phone; ring; telephone (get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone)
Domain category:
telephone; telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
cellphone (a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver)
Context examples:
Have your cell phone powered up because Venus and your ruler, Uranus, the planet known to brings surprises, will conjoin in your fourth sector of home and family.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, developed a lightweight microscope that attaches to a cell phone.
(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)
The levels and duration of exposure to RFR were much greater than what people experience with even the highest level of cell phone use, and exposed the rodents’ whole bodies.
(High exposure to radiofrequency radiation linked to tumor activity in male rats, National Institutes of Health)
The lowest exposure level used in the studies was equal to the maximum local tissue exposure currently allowed for cell phone users.
(High exposure to radio frequency radiation associated with cancer, National Institutes of Health)
I will admit that your team back at headquarters will likely miss you and want your opinion or advice now and then, so keep your cell phone powered up to answer random questions from your staff or other teammates.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Samples were magnified by the built-in lens of the cell phone camera along with an external lens.
(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)
The exposure levels used in the studies were equal to and higher than the highest level permitted for local tissue exposure in cell phone emissions today.
(High exposure to radiofrequency radiation linked to tumor activity in male rats, National Institutes of Health)
The incidence of tumors, called malignant schwannomas, that were observed in the heart increased in male rats as they were exposed to increasing levels of RFR beyond the allowable cell phone emissions.
(High exposure to radiofrequency radiation linked to tumor activity in male rats, National Institutes of Health)
