bel
pronunciation
How to pronounce bel in British English:
UK [bel]
How to pronounce bel in American English:
US [bel]
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- Noun:
- a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
Word Origin
- bel (n.)
- unit of power level in measuring sound, 1929, named for Scottish-born telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922).
- Bel
- heaven-and-earth god of Babylonian religion, from Akkadian Belu, literally "lord, owner, master," cognate with Hebrew ba'al.
- bel (adj.)
- "beautiful," early 14c., from Old French bel, belle "beautiful, fair, fine" (see belle). "Naturalized in ME.; but after 1600 consciously French" [OED].
Example
- 1. Her forces were repulsed by general garm bel iblis .
- 2. Outside jackson 's bel air home , police arrived on motorcycles . The road in front of the home was closed in an attempt to hold traffic back , but several people were gathered outside the home .
- 3. Chinese singing style is a bit similar to bel canto .
- 4. We 're getting married june 26 at the bel air hotel ?
- 5. But bel was between him and gog .