The unit of measurement to describe or compare the intensity of acoustic or electrical signal, named for American inventor Alexander Graham Bell (1847 to 1922). Measurements are typically given in ten [..]

The three-character ISO 3166 country code for BELGIUM.

heaven-and-earth god of Babylonian religion, from Akkadian Belu, literally "lord, owner, master," cognate with Hebrew ba'al.

"beautiful," early 14c., from Old French bel, belle "beautiful, fair, fine" (see belle). "Naturalized in ME.; but after 1600 consciously French" [OED].

unit of power level in measuring sound, 1929, named for Scottish-born telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922).

Bel [N] [S]the Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians ( Isaiah 46:1 ; Jeremiah 50:2 ; 51:44 ). It signifies "lord." (See BAAL .)

in acoustics, a Logarithmic unit used in the comparison of Sound Levels to the Threshold of Hearing. One bel is equal to 10 decibels (dB) and because it is a ratio of two quantities it is dimensionles [..]

A unit of measure of ratios of power levels, i.e., relative power levels. Note 1: The number of bels for a given ratio of power levels is calculated by taking the logarithm, to the base 10, of the ratio. Mathematically, the number of bels is calculated as B = log10(P1/P2) where P1 and P2 are power levels. Note 2: The dB, equal to 0.1 B, is a more c [..]

the Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 50:2; 51:44). It signifies "lord." (See BAAL.)

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This is the unit used to measure the magnitudes of power. 1 Bel is equal to 10 decibels (dB).

A measure of sound intensity that is 10 decibels, and is defined as B = log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound.

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(n) a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels(n) Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil

a unit used in the comparison of power levels or of intensities of sounds corresponding to an intensity ratio of 10:1.

Abbr. b, B Ten decibels. ( In honor of Alexander Graham Bell.) The Bel was originally a unit measure of the amount a signal dropped in level over a one-mile distance of telephone wire. See: decibel

The unit of level, named after Alexander Graham Bell. The bel unit is itself rarely used -- the decibel (or one-tenth of a bel) being much more common. The level (in bels) between two signals may be determined by evaluating the logarithm (base-10) of the ratio of two quantities proportional to power.

Radio unit for measuring loss or gain in strength.

adj. "fine, good, beautiful," s.v. bel a. and formative OED, bel adj. MED; one entry s.v. bel-ami n. MED. KEY: bel@adj

adj 6 beel 1 beele 2 bele 3

A unit of measure of ratios of power levels. The unit that expresses the logarithmic ratio between the input and output of any given component, circuit, or system. bel; [B] = log 10(P1/P2) where P1 an [..]

The three-character ISO 3166 country code for BELGIUM.