When Hooke first used the term "cell," did he intend to have it apply to living material?
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No he did not intend for his observation to describe a living cell, at that time.
No Hooke did not intend for his observation to describe a **living cell, **at that time.
What is cell ?
Cells are the structural , functional, and biological units of all **living organism. **
It can** replicate **independently and it was first discovered by **Robert Hooke. **
All living organisms are made up of cells either of single cell called as **unicellular **or of many cells called as multi cellular . Mycoplasmas are the smallest known cells
**Robert Hooke **1665 observed a piece of bottle cork under a compound microscope and found **minuscule structures **like rooms as cell but it was a non-living entities, so could not define the structure.
**Anton Van Leeuwenhoek **then observed a living cells under another compound microscope with higher magnification and he observed some motility of the cell.
In 1883, Robert Brown discovered the structure of the **cell. **
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Hooke coined the term "cell" in 1665 while observing cork, which are non-living structures. He did not intend for the term to refer to living cells at the time of his observation. Living cells were observed later by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
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