(obsolete) Not married. / (by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.

One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. / (obsolete) A celibate state; celibacy.

(rare) To practice celibacy

Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to ¹⁄_(273.16) of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.

(cytology) A cell that produces something, such as a fibroblast or osteoblast. / An undifferentiated or immature cell.

(obsolete) A rite or ceremony. / (uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.

(transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner. / (transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.

The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament. / The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.

Speed, swiftness. / (oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).

a voltaic cell consisting of two metal electrodes connected by an electrolyte