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Grammar : Noun



Définition of cell-division

  • As in cell division : noun formation of cells by dividing
Example sentences :
  • This form of cell-division is known as simple or direct division.
  • Extract from : « Being Well-Born » by Michael F. Guyer
  • In other words we have here a process of cell-union before we have the cell-division which follows.
  • Extract from : « Embryology » by Gerald R. Leighton
  • It grows by cell-division, the cell dividing into four, eight, or sixteen parts on a quaternary scale.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • It was, however, many years before the details of this “cell-division” were laid bare (see Cell-Division below).
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 » by Various
  • It was, however, many years before the details of the growth and reproduction of the cells (cell-division) became well understood.
  • Extract from : « Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation » by George McCready Price
  • In the act of cell-division the nuclei of the resulting cells are formed from the nucleus of the primitive cell.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 » by Francis Maitland Balfour
  • In some cases of cell-division a remnant of the old nucleus is stated to be visible after the fresh nuclei have appeared.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 » by Francis Maitland Balfour
  • The type in all these cases is this: A mother-cell produces by cell-division four daughter-cells.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886 » by Various
  • Cell-division with rejuvenescence forms the spores of mosses and higher cryptogams.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886 » by Various
  • The spore produces the small green prothallium by cell-division in the usual way, and this completes the cycle of fern life.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886 » by Various

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