Bell may refer to:
Devices that produce sound
- Altar bell, a bell rung during the Catholic Mass. In the Roman Catholic Church and in some churches of the Anglican Communion, an altar bell is a small bell placed on the credence or in some other convenient
- Bell character, a character that produces an audible signal at a terminal. Bell character is an ASCII Control character, code 7 (^G When it is sent to a printer or a terminal, nothing is printed but an
- Bell effect, a musical technique similar to an arpeggio. The Bell Effect, also known colloquially as "bells" is a technique used in Musical arrangement where single notes of a chord are played in sequence by different instruments In Music, an arpeggio is a broken chord where the Notes are played or sung in Sequence, one after the other rather than Ringing out simultaneously
- Bell (instrument), a simple sound-making device. A bell is a simple Sound -making device The bell is a Percussion instrument and an Idiophone.
- Bell unit (bel), measure of the ratio between two quantities. The decibel ( dB) is a logarithmic unit of measurement that expresses the magnitude of a physical quantity (usually power or intensity relative to
- Bell (wind), the round, flared opening of a wind instrument opposite the mouthpiece. A wind instrument is a Musical instrument that contains some type of Resonator (usually a tube in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing
- Bell cymbal, a small cymbal. A bell cymbal or bell splash cymbal is a small very thick Cymbal with little if any taper, used as an Effects cymbal in a Drum kit The bell is also the center, rounded part of a cymbal.
- Bell (school), a bell that signals transitions during a school day. A bell is a signal in a School, either a real bell, a distributed ringer or a sound heard over the intercom that tells the students when it is time to go
- Bell tree, instrument made of nested bells
- Bermuda carriage bell, used in vehicles as a warning to pedestrians
- Carillon, an instrument which utilizes bells, normally housed in a bell tower, and played from a keyboard
- Chime (bell instrument), similar to a carillon, but with fewer bells
- Church bell, a bell hanging in a church tower
- Electric bell, such as a doorbell or buzzer
- Handbell, a handheld bell, rung singly (such as a school bell) or in tuned sets played by a bell choir
- Jingle bell, a spherical bell that produces a distinct "jingle" sound
- Last call bell, a bell that signals the closing of a bar
- Mark tree, a set of small hanging chimes, sometimes mislabeled as a wind chime
- Orchestra bell, better known as Glockenspiel
- Ship's bells, bells which mark time on a ship
- Slave bell, used to regulate slavery
- Tubular bell, used in tuned sets as in a longcase clock, orchestral chime, organ, or tower
In communication
- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
- Bell Centennial, a 1978 typeface developed for use in phone books
- Bell Gothic, a 1938 typeface developed for use in phone books
- Bell Labs, a research & development laboratory
- Bell Operating Company, one of the local telephone companies owned by AT&T prior to 1984. A bell tree is a Percussion instrument, consisting of vertically nested Metal bowls A Bermuda carriage bell is a bowl-sized bell with a pleasant tone A carillon (/kaʁijɔ̃/ /ˈkærɪljɒn/ or /kəˈrɪljən/ is a Musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze cup-shaped bells which are played A Carillon -like instrument with fewer than 23 bells is called a chime. A church bell is a bell which is rung in a (especially Christian) church either to signify the Hour or the time for worshippers to go to An electric bell is a mechanical bell that functions by means of an Electromagnet. A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand To ring a handbell a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle &mdash traditionally made of leather but often A jingle bell is a type of bell which produces a distinctive 'jingle' sound especially in large numbers In a pub, a last call is an announcement made shortly before the bar closes for the night urging the patrons to buy one last drink. A mark tree (also known as a chime tree or set of bar chimes) is a Percussion instrument used primarily for musical color The glockenspiel ( German, "set of bells quot or "play-bells" also known as orchestra bells and in its portable A Ship's Bell is usually made of brass and has the ship's name engraved on it The Slave Bell was used to punctuate the day at the Cape Colony during the days when Slavery was still practised there Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are Musical instruments in the percussion family WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Bell Centennial is a sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter in the period 1975–1978 Bell Gothic is a realist Sans-serif Typeface designed by Chauncey H Bell Laboratories (also known as Bell Labs and formerly known as AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bell Telephone Laboratories) is the Research organization The Bell System which was named for Alexander Graham Bell, the technologist popularly credited with the invention of the Telephone, was a Trademark and
- Bell System, North America's telephone system from the 1880s to the 1980s
- Regional Bell Operating Company, sometimes known as "Baby Bells"
- AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest, Bell Telephone Companies, formerly known by names such as New Jersey Bell, Illinois Bell, etc. The Bell System which was named for Alexander Graham Bell, the technologist popularly credited with the invention of the Telephone, was a Trademark and Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and "Verizon" redirects here this article is about the corporation see also Verizon Wireless, Verizon Online DSL and Verizon FiOS. Qwest Communications International Inc (pronounced like "quest" ˈkwɛst ( is a large Telecommunications carrier Verizon New Jersey Inc, formerly New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, is the Bell Operating Company serving the U Illinois Bell is the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Illinois.
- Cincinnati Bell
- Bell Canada, one of the major Canadian telecommunications companies, including subsidiaries Bell Aliant, Bell Nordiq, Télébec, NorthernTel, Bell Sympatico, Bell Mobility, and Bell ExpressVu
- Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company, a former company in Antwerp (Belgium), now part of Alcatel. Cincinnati Bell is the dominant Telephone company for Cincinnati Ohio and its nearby suburbs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Bell Canada, commonly shortened to "Bell" is a major Canadian Telecommunications company Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Bell Aliant Regional Communications is a communications company providing services primarily in rural areas throughout eastern Télébec is a Telephone company located in the Province of Quebec in Canada. NorthernTel (formerly Northern Telephone Limited or NTL is a Telephone company in Ontario, Canada. Bell Mobility is the division of Bell Canada which sells Wireless services in Canada. ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Alcatel-Lucent is one of the world's biggest industry players in Telecommunications that provides hardware software and services to Service Providers Enterprises and
The word "bell" also can mean a signal from a engine order telegraph on a ship or submarine. The Bell Telephone Hour, aka The Telephone Hour, was a long-run concert series which began April 29, 1940 on NBC radio engine order telegraph or EOT, often also chadburn, is a communications device used on a Ship or Submarine for the pilot on the bridge
Places
- Australia
- Canada
- Germany
- United States
- Bell, California
- Bell, Florida
- Bell Acres, Pennsylvania
- Bell Buckle, Tennessee
- Bell Center, Wisconsin
- Bell City, Missouri
- Bells Corners, Ontario
- Bell County, Kentucky
- Bell County, Texas
- Bell Gardens, California
- Bell Hill, Washington
- Bell Township, Pennsylvania
- See also
In biology
- Bell Miner, colonial honeyeater endemic to southeastern Australia
- Bell pepper, Cultivar Group of the species Capsicum annuum
- Bellbird, several kinds of bird in various regions of the world that are noted for their far-carrying bell-like call
- Diving bell spider, spider which lives entirely under water
In mathematics
- Bell curve, illustrates normal distribution in statistics
- Bell curve grading, a use of the bell curve in comparing student achievement and converting percent and percentile grades to letter grades
- Bell number, the number of partitions of a set with n members
- Bell's theorem, the most famous legacy of the late John Bell
Other
- Bell (architecture), the part of the capital of a column between the abacus and neck molding; especially, the nearly bell-shaped naked core assumed to exist within the leafage of a Corinthian capital
- Bell (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
- Bell (fictional currency), a fictional currency in Nintendo's Animal Crossing series of video games
- Bell (Monotype), a 1788 serif typeface
- Bell barrow, a burial mound
- Bell beaker, prehistoric pottery
- Bell bottoms, a style of trousers
- "Bell end", a British slang term for the Glans penis
- Bell Helicopter, an American helicopter manufacturer
- Bell housing, part of an automotive transmission
- Bell lineage, a lineage or clan of the Duala people of Cameroon
- Bell pit, a type of coal mine
- Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel for diving below water
- Saved by the Bell, popular American teen sitcom that is known under varying titles
- The Bell, a supposed anti-gravity experiment by Nazi scientists
- The Liberty Bell, American bell of great historic significance
- USS Bell, one of two ships in the United States Navy
- Bells (Blackadder), an episode of the British sitcom Blackadder II
- The Bell, a novel by Iris Murdoch
- The Bells, a Canadian rock band
- The Bells, a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Bells of 1961, meteorite which fell in Texas, United States (see Meteorite falls)
- Kelly Bell a page 3 model
See also
For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Bell is a small residential area in the Blue Mountains 87 km west of Sydney, Australia, some 30 km east of Lithgow and 20 km north of Mount Victoria Bell is picturesque a village nestled in the western foothills of the Bunya Mountains of Queensland, Australia, about 40 kilometers north of Dalby Bell Park is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Bells Beach ( is an internationally famous Surf beach in Victoria, Australia, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Bell is a Railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Preston, on the Epping railway line Bell railway station, originally called Mount Wilson, is a regional railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail intercity network serving Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Bell Centre (Le Centre Bell) formerly known as the Molson Centre, has been the home of the Montreal Canadiens since March 16, For the island also in Newfoundland one of the Grey Islands, see Bell Island. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Bell is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Bell is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Bell is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Bell is a town in Gilchrist County, Florida, United States. The population was 349 at the 2000 census Bell Acres is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Bell Buckle is a town in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. Bell Center is a village in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. Bell City is a city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States. Bells Corners is a suburban community in the city of Ottawa, Canada. Bell County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1867 Bell County is a County located in the US state of Texas. It is part of the Killeen &ndash Temple &ndash Fort Bell Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Bell Hill is a Census-designated place (CDP in Clallam County, Washington, United States. Bell Township is the name of some places in the US state of Pennsylvania Bell Township Clearfield County Pennsylvania Bell Township Jefferson Bell High School may refer to Bell High School (Ottawa Ontario, Canada Bell High School (Bell California, United States The Bell Miner, Manorina melanophrys, colloquially known as the Bellbird, is a colonial Honeyeater endemic to southeastern Australia. "Green pepper" redirects here For green peppercorns see Black pepper. The diving bell spider or water spider, Argyroneta aquatica, is a Spider which lives entirely under water even though it could survive on land Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. They have several different basic morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the A petal (from Ancient Greek petalon "leaf" "thin plate" regarded as a highly modified leaf is one member or part of the corolla The Rut is the period of time when antlered Ungulates mate Ungulates include Deer, Sheep, Elk, Moose, Caribou, A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. For the species known as the African hunting dog Cape hunting dog or painted hunting dog see African Wild Dog A hunting dog refers to any Dog who In Education, grading on a bell curve (or simply known as curving) is a method of assigning grades designed to yield a desired distribution of grades among In combinatorial Mathematics, the n th Bell number, named in honor of Eric Temple Bell, is the number of partitions of a set Bell's theorem is a theorem that shows that the predictions of Quantum mechanics (QM are not intuitive and touches upon fundamental philosophical issues that relate to modern In Architecture, an abacus (from the Greek abax, slab or French abaque, tailloir; plural abacuses or abaci) Molding (USA or moulding (AUS CAN UK is a strip of material with various Cross sections used to cover transitions between surfaces The Corinthian order is one of the Classical orders of Greek and Roman Architecture, characterized Bell is a lunar Impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just past the western limb Animal Crossing, known in Japan as, is a Video game series Bell is a Didone classification serif typeface designed in 1788 by Richard Austin while working in John Bell's British Type Foundry A bell barrow, sometimes referred to as a Wessex type barrow, campanulate form barrow, or a bermed barrow is a type of Tumulus identified as The Bell-Beaker culture (sometimes shortened to Beaker culture, Beaker people, or Beaker folk; Glockenbecherkultur) ca Bell-bottoms is a Trousers that become wider from the Knees downwards The glans penis (or simply glans) is the sensitive tip of the Penis. Bell Helicopter Textron is an American Helicopter and Tiltrotor manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth Texas. The bell housing is part of the transmission system on a Gasoline (also known as Petrol) or Diesel powered Vehicle. The Duala (or Douala) are an Ethnic group of Cameroon. They primarily inhabit the littoral region to the coast and form a portion of the Sawa A bell pit is a primitive method of Mining Coal where the coal lies near the surface on flat land A diving bell, also known as a wet bell, is a cable-suspended airtight chamber open at the bottom like a Moon pool structure that is lowered Underwater Saved by the Bell is an American sitcom that originally aired between 1989 and 1993 Die Glocke is the name of a purported Nazi Secret weapon that was made popular by Jane's aviation writer Nick Cook in his book The Liberty Bell, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a bell that has served as one of the most prominent symbols of the American Revolutionary Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bell, in honor of Rear Admiral Henry Haywood Bell. " Bells " is the first Episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was The Bell is a novel written by Iris Murdoch in 1958 It was her fourth to be published and is set in Imber Court a lay religious community situated next to an enclosed Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE ( 15 July 1919 &ndash 8 February 1999) was a Dublin -born writer and philosopher The Bells were a Canadian rock band from Montreal that had two notable hit singles in the early 1970s Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. " The Bells " is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, A meteorite is a natural object originating in Outer space that survives an impact with the Earth 's surface Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Meteorite falls are those Meteorites that were witnessed by people or automated devices as they moved through the atmosphere or hit the Earth and were subsequently collected Kelly Bell (born 21 February, 1982 in Aldershot) is an English Glamour model. Bell House may refer to A Housing for a bell Places Structures on the United States National Register of Bell is a Surname, and may refer to many people A Acton Bell, pseudonym of Anne Brontë Adrian Bell, British
Dictionary
bell
-noun
- An object made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
- (mostly, UK, informal) a telephone call
- A signal at a school that tells the students when it's time to change classes during the day.
- (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
- The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
-verb
- (transitive) To attach a bell to.
- (intransitive) To bellow or roar.
- To shape so that flares out like a bell.
Bell
-proper noun
- A Scottish and northern English surname for a bell ringer, bell maker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)"
- The Bell telephone company (after w:Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.)
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