bel

6 definitions found

bel - 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]

  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.]

  Bel \Bel\ (b[e^]l), n. [from Alexander Graham Bell.]
     a unit of sound intensity equal to ten decibels.
     [PJC]

bel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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

bel - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  bell
  beep
  BEL
  control-G
  g-bell
  
     <character> 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)
  

bel - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

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