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Bell may refer to:


DEVICES THAT PRODUCE SOUND


  • Bell (instrument) , a simple sound-making device

  • --- Altar Bell , a bell rung during the Catholic Mass

  • --- Bell (school) , a bell that signals transitions during a school day

  • --- Bell Cymbal , a small cymbal. The bell is also the center, rounded part of a cymbal.

  • --- Bell Tree , instrument made of nested bells

  • --- Bermuda Carriage Bell , used in vehicles as a warning to pedestrians

  • --- Carillon , an instrument which utilizes bells, normally housed in a bell tower, and played from a keyboard

  • --- Chime (bell Instrument) , similar to a carillon, but with fewer bells

  • --- Church Bell , a bell hanging in a church tower

  • --- Electric Bell , such as a doorbell or buzzer

  • --- Handbell , a handheld bell, rung singly (such as a school bell) or in tuned sets played by a bell choir

  • --- Jingle Bell , a spherical bell that produces a distinct "jingle" sound

  • --- Last Call Bell , a bell that signals the closing of a bar

  • --- Mark Tree , a set of small hanging chimes, sometimes mislabeled as a wind chime

  • --- Orchestra bell, better known as Glockenspiel

  • --- Ship's Bells , bells which mark time on a ship

  • --- Slave Bell , used to regulate slavery

  • --- Tubular Bell , used in tuned sets as in a longcase clock, orchestral chime, organ, or tower

  • Bell (wind) , the round, flared opening of a wind instrument opposite the mouthpiece

  • Bell Character , a character that produces an audible signal at a terminal

  • Bell Effect , a musical technique similar to an arpeggio

  • Bell Unit , measure of the ratio between two quantities



IN COMMUNICATION



The word "bell" also can mean a signal from a Engine Order Telegraph on a ship or submarine.


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IN BIOLOGY


  • Bell Miner , colonial honeyeater endemic to southeastern Australia

  • Bell Pepper , Cultivar Group of the species Capsicum annuum

  • Bellbird , several kinds of bird in various regions of the world that are noted for their far-carrying bell-like call

  • Diving Bell Spider , spider which lives entirely under water

  • Bell, the umbrella-shaped, non-stinging part of medusas in Jellyfish

  • Bell, the Corolla of a flower



IN MATHEMATICS


  • Bell Curve , illustrates ''normal distribution'' in statistics

  • --- Bell Curve Grading , a use of the bell curve in comparing student achievement and converting percent and percentile grades to letter grades

  • Bell Number , the number of partitions of a set with n members

  • Bell's Theorem , the most famous legacy of the late John Bell



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