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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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 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)