bel

¹

[ bel ]

noun

, Physics.

1. a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.

bel

²

[ bel ]

noun

1. bael.

Bel.

³

abbreviation for

1. Belgian.
2. Belgic.
3. Belgium.

bel

¹

/ bɛl /

noun

1. See decibel
   a unit for comparing two power levels, equal to the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the two powers SymbolsBb See also decibel

Bel

²

/ beɪl /

noun

1. (in Babylonian and Assyrian mythology) the god of the earth

bel

/ bĕl /

1. A unit of measurement equal to ten decibels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bel¹

First recorded in 1925–30; named after A. G. Bell

Word History and Origins

Origin of bel¹

C20: named after Alexander Graham Bell

Example Sentences

I was sitting in this big empty house in Bel Air, with a phone with five extensions which we no longer needed.

From The Daily Beast

Brooks: We holed up in the Bel Air Hotel, where Gene was staying, and we acted all the parts out.

From The Daily Beast

CHERISHED MEMORIES FROM SHOOTING Tim Matheson: We shot near Ronald Reagan's Bel Air home, the Western White House.

From The Daily Beast

I was sitting in his Bel Air home interviewing him and he had some friends over.

From The Daily Beast

In the book you compare President Obama to the character Carlton Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

From The Daily Beast

Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.

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The king, therefore, put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him and his temple.

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But if you can shew that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall die, because he hath blasphemed against Bel.

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Don't you realize that you are about to be flung over a cliff and that a mad bull is waiting bel-o-o-w to catch you on his horns?

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I bel'eve that I'd rather guard wagon-trains and fight cavalry than have such another day as this.

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