1.
[syn: Bel, B]
2. Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bel \Bel\, n.
The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as
Baal. See Baal. --Baruch vi. 41.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bel \Bel\ (b[e^]l), n. [Hind., fr. Skr. bilva.]
A thorny rutaceous tree ([AE]gle marmelos) of India, and
its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also Bengal
quince, golden apple, wood apple. The fruit is used
medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bel \Bel\ (b[e^]l), n. [from Alexander Graham Bell.]
a unit of sound intensity equal to ten decibels.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Bel
n 1: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
[syn: Bel, B]
2: Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad
including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
bell
beep
BEL
control-G
g-bell
ASCII 7, ASCII mnemonic "BEL", the character
code which prodces a standard audibile warning from the
computer or terminal. In the teletype days it really was a
bell, since the advent of the VDU it is more likely to be a
sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a
loudspeaker.
Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.
The term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer
hobbyists.
Compare feep, visible bell.
(1997-04-08)