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  bel

  noun

  a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
• Bel.
  Bel.

  abbreviation

  Belgian.
• Bel
  Bel

  noun

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

bel

¹ American  

[bel] / bɛl /

noun

Physics.

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

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bel ² American  

[bel] / bɛl /

noun

1. bael.

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Bel. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Belgian.

2. Belgic.

3. Belgium.

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bel ¹ British  

/ bɛl /

noun

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

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Bel ² British  

/ beɪl /

noun

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

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bel Scientific  

/ bĕl /

1. A unit of measurement equal to ten decibels.

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Etymology

Origin of bel

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

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Example Sentences

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Later observers, such as the opera critic Henry Pleasants, have noted the bel canto qualities of his singing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Her voice settled down in the second act, and she brought an appropriately old-fashioned feeling to “Un bel di,” her anticipation of a fine day as hopelessly unreal as everything on the stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024

“Barber” is one of the most famous operas written in the bel canto style.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Born Maria Anna Sophie Cecilia Kalogeropoulos in New York in December 1923 to Greek parents, Callas was credited with the almost single-handed revival of the Italian bel canto vocal technique.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023

The goblet will still be in his room tomorrow, it must bel Let him hide it ever so well, I will find it somehow.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

He hoped Bel. would honour him with his company at the small card-party he was giving there on Thursday.

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Georgette Heyer

—Hah—hum—what's here— Bel. snatches her to his Bosom, as if she fainted.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers

Bel, who graduated from Springfield High in May, had been fitted with an ankle monitor just before his freshman year of college.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Bel aspired to build a life in America, the friend said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

I taught a lot of tennis in Bel Air and Beverly Hills, and it feels like I always was doing a little PI work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The 21-year-old grew up in Bel Air, where his parents, Bahar Soomekh and Clayton Frech, own a four-bedroom property tucked away in the hills above Los Angeles.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

“The people revered the statue of Bel and went every day to worship it, but Daniel worshiped the Lord our Saviour. And the King said to him, ‘Why don’t you worship Bel?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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