Bel Definition

bĕl
noun
Ten decibels.
American Heritage
A unit used for measuring sound intensity, equal to 10 decibels: abbrev. B.
Webster's New World
The god of heaven and earth.
Webster's New World

A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively. See also decibel.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • b
abbreviation
Belgium.
Webster's New World
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A unit of measurement equal to ten decibels.
American Heritage Science

In physics, a measure of comparative power ratio, or relative loudness. In other words, a unit of power ratio. The number of bels is the decimal logarithm of the power ratio, which is expressed mathematically as follows: B = log 10 (P 1 /P 2 ) where B = Bel, and P 1 and P 2 are power levels. One bel is equal to 10 decibels. The bel is named for Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, among other things. See Bell, Alexander Graham; decibel; logarithm; and power.

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Other Word Forms of Bel

Noun

Singular:
bel
Plural:
bels

Origin of Bel

  • After Alexander Graham Bell

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after Alexander G. Bell

    From Wiktionary

Bel Sentence Examples

  • To Anu was assigned the control of the heavens, to Bel the earth, and to Ea the waters.

  • The chief god of the Palmyrenes was a solar deity, called Samas or Shamash (" sun "), or Bel, or Malak-bel,' whose great temple is still the most imposing feature among the ruins of Palmyra.

  • Malak-bel has been explained as " messenger of Bel "; but more probably Malak is the common Babylonian epithet malik given to various gods, and means " counsellor "; Malak-bel will then be the sun as the visible representative of Bel.

  • The union of the two orders, already suggested at the council of Lyons in 1245, was nominally achieved by the council of Vienne in 1311; but the so-called "union" was in reality the suppression of the Templars, and the confiscation of all their resources by the cupidity of Philippe le Bel.

  • Both Baal and Astarte were venerated in Egypt at Thebes and Memphis in the XIXth Dynasty, and the former, through the influence of the Aramaeans who borrowed the Babylonian spelling Bel, ultimately became known as the Greek Belos who was identified with Zeus.

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Words Starting With

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