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bel

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A measure of relative power, defined as log 10 (P 1 /P 2 ), where P 1 and P 2 are the measured and reference power respectively. See also decibel. Etymology 2 n. (alt form bael English) (qualifier Indian tree English)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unit of power level in measuring sound, 1929, named for Scottish-born telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922).

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 3082 Housing Units (2000): 1288 Land area (2000): 0.811259 sq. miles (2.101151 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.811259 sq. miles (2.101151 sq. km) FIPS code: 04366 Located within: Missouri ...

Usage examples of bel.

Garm Bel Iblis had turned on the invaders like a cornered wampa, and Fleet Group Two was accelerating through the refugee screen to meet the enemy head-on.

He wondered briefly how the Black One had known that Bel Adad, the Patesi of Borsippa and Maqam Nifl, would send a message this important by-a mere human.

I have observed how Bel Adad, our very own Patesi, plays all ends against the middle and hopes the three will destroy each other to leave him the victor.

Serpent, that I have discovered a way to power vaster than anything Bel Adad, the pitiful Patter of Maqam Nifl and Borsippa, can wield!

Once back in the city of Bel Adad, the truly dangerous part of their quest began.

Black One had known that Bel Adad, the Patesi of Borsippa and Maqam Nifl, would send a message this important by a mere human.

Bel, the present duchess of Hawkscliffe, considered one of the most ravishing women in Society, wore a gown of soft rose silk with long sleeves of transparent aerophane crepe.

Il pianto innondava ancora il bel volto della mia diletta a queste ultime parole.

And in nearby Arneis, which bordered Aubinas in the south, along the Bel Awl Ridge, there was further reBellion brewing.

Bel diving over the intervening Betan and landing on him in a smothering clutch.

Though they dropped in their tracks from sheer exhaustion, he allowed them but an hour of sleep before he gave the signal for the rahla, for the sheik of the fendy el-Guad was filled with an ever increasing fear that the treasure and the woman would be taken away from him before he could reach the sandy wastes of his own barren beled.

A wave of homesickness swept over him, making it hard to breathe for memories of Tam, and Egwene, and the Winespring Inn, and Bel Tine on the Green in happier days.

Le monache potevan stare allegre che un bel liberatore ce lo avevano alla porta e potevano star allegri anche i birri, che avevano acquistato in me un famoso compagno.

Lord Pyt, who listened silently as Paquin Bel repeated himself, word for word, Arneth noted with wonder.

Rundel and Lennink, bridging the river Walda at Waldrach and the Finger River at Rusma, and then push through the gap of Bel Awl, and they were home.