Bel meaning

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(physics) A unit used for measuring sound intensity, equal to 10 decibels: abbrev. B.
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Ten decibels.
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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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A unit of measurement equal to ten decibels.
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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.
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(place) Belgium.
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(bab. myth., person, proper) The god of heaven and earth.
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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.

  • It seems clear that the trinity of Anu, Bel, and Ea in the old Babylonian religion has its counterpart in the Mandaean Pira, Ayar, and Mana rabba.

  • 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.

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