variants
or less commonly cell
: a transparent sheet of celluloid on which objects are drawn or painted in the making of animated cartoons
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The cel is about 6 inches by 8 inches.
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Jerry Dobesh | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
Those launches, taking place over the next few years, are slated to include a medicine called Exa-cel to treat sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia as well as another drug for acute pain.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
This month’s submissions range from family photographs printed with egg albumen to an original Disney production cel from 1960s television.
—Jerry Dobesh | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
That therapy could potentially replace Mylotarg when paired with its edited bone marrow transplant — a treatment Vor calls trem-cel.
—Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
The company eventually changed its name to Rankin/Bass, and its work toggled between stop-motion and traditional cel animation.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston drug pricing watchdog, recently said that beti-cel could be considered cost-effective in that price range.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
After drying, the cel was then turned over for painters to paint the characters within those lines, to get them as opaque as possible.
—Gia Yetikyel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2021
Last year, as the bitcoin and wider crypto market went into meltdown following China's expulsion of crypto miners and traders, the cel price remained stable.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 16 May 2022
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Jerry Dobesh | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
Those launches, taking place over the next few years, are slated to include a medicine called Exa-cel to treat sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia as well as another drug for acute pain.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
This month’s submissions range from family photographs printed with egg albumen to an original Disney production cel from 1960s television.
—Jerry Dobesh | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
That therapy could potentially replace Mylotarg when paired with its edited bone marrow transplant — a treatment Vor calls trem-cel.
—Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
The company eventually changed its name to Rankin/Bass, and its work toggled between stop-motion and traditional cel animation.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston drug pricing watchdog, recently said that beti-cel could be considered cost-effective in that price range.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
After drying, the cel was then turned over for painters to paint the characters within those lines, to get them as opaque as possible.
—Gia Yetikyel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2021
Last year, as the bitcoin and wider crypto market went into meltdown following China's expulsion of crypto miners and traders, the cel price remained stable.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 16 May 2022
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Word History
Etymology
short for celluloid
First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
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“Cel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cel. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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Cel
abbreviation
Celsius
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