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What is an organelle?

What is an organelle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).
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An important part of our study concerns the mitochondrion, since this organelle plays a central role in the use of iron in the cell.
But this soft and greedy subversive organelle is no match for the brilliance of our scientists!
As in wild type, the cytoplasm of the cap cell has many microtubules organized parallel to the longitudinal axis of the organelle.
The glycosome is related to the peroxisome, a nearly ubiquitous eukaryotic organelle.
In all eukaryotic cells, the Golgi apparatus is a central organelle in the secretory processes.
Modulation of intracellular calcium also affects organelle position and motility.

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