Bell

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Contents 1 Devices that produce sound 2 In communication 3 In business 4 Places 5 In biology 6 In mathematics 7 Other 8 See also

Bell may refer to:

[edit] Devices that produce sound

• Bell (instrument), a simple sound-making device
  • Altar bell, a bell rung during the Catholic Mass
  • Bell (school), a bell that signals transitions during a school day
  • Bell cymbal, a small cymbal. The bell is also the center, rounded part of a cymbal.
  • Bell tree, instrument made of nested bells
  • Bermuda carriage bell, used in vehicles as a warning to pedestrians
  • Carillon, an instrument which utilizes bells, normally housed in a bell tower, and played from a keyboard
  • Chime (bell instrument), similar to a carillon, but with fewer bells
  • Church bell, a bell hanging in a church tower
  • Electric bell, such as a doorbell or buzzer
  • Handbell, a handheld bell, rung singly (such as a school bell) or in tuned sets played by a bell choir
  • Jingle bell, a spherical bell that produces a distinct "jingle" sound
  • Last call bell, a bell that signals the closing of a bar
  • Mark tree, a set of small hanging chimes, sometimes mislabeled as a wind chime
  • Orchestra bell, better known as Glockenspiel
  • Ship's bells, bells which mark time on a ship
  • Slave bell, used to regulate slavery
  • Tubular bell, used in tuned sets as in a longcase clock, orchestral chime, organ, or tower
• Bell (wind), the round, flared opening of a wind instrument opposite the mouthpiece
• Bell character, a character that produces an audible signal at a terminal
• Bell effect, a musical technique similar to an arpeggio
• Bell unit, measure of the ratio between two quantities

[edit] In communication

• Alexander Graham Bell, telephone inventor
• Bell Centennial, a 1978 typeface developed for use in phone books
• Bell Gothic, a a 1938 typeface developed for use in phone books
• Bell Labs, a research & development laboratory
• Bell System, North America's telephone system from the 1880s to the 1980s
• Regional Bell Operating Company, sometimes known as "Baby Bells"
  • AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest, Bell Telephone Companies, formerly known by names such as New Jersey Bell, Illinois Bell, etc.
  • BellSouth
  • Cincinnati Bell
• The Bell Telephone Hour, a television show
• Bell Canada, one of the major Canadian telecommunications companies, including subsidiaries Bell Aliant, Bell Nordiq, Télébec, NorthernTel, Bell Sympatico, Bell Mobility, and Bell ExpressVu

[edit] In business

• Bell & Howell, a camera and film company
• Bell Aircraft Corporation, later Bell Helicopter Textron
• Bell Piano and Organ Company, a piano maker in Guelph, Canada
• Bell Records, one of four record labels
• Bell Shakespeare Company, Australian theatre company
• Bell Sports, a maker of bicycle helmets
• Packard Bell, a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics
• Taco Bell, a fast food company
• The Bell Tea Company, New Zealand tea packer
• Bell Pottinger Group, public relations, corporate responsibility and design
• Bell's Stores, convenience stores located in north east of England

[edit] Places

• Bell, California
• Bell, Florida
• Bell Acres, Pennsylvania
• Bell Buckle, Tennessee
• Bell Center, Wisconsin
• Bell City, Missouri
• Bells Corners, Ontario
• Bell County, Kentucky
• Bell County, Texas
• Bell Gardens, California
• Bell Hill, Washington
• Bell Island
• Bell Park, Victoria
• Bell Township, Pennsylvania
• Bells Beach, an internationally famous surf beach in Victoria, Australia
• Bellville
• Belles, Dominica (named after British commissioner Sir Hesketh Bell)
• Bell Centre, a stadium in Montreal
• Bell High School, one of several schools
• Bell railway station, Melbourne, railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

[edit] In biology

• Bell Miner, colonial honeyeater endemic to southeastern Australia
• Bell pepper, Cultivar Group of the species Capsicum annuum
• Bellbird, several kinds of bird in various regions of the world that are noted for their far-carrying bell-like call
• Diving bell spider, spider which lives entirely under water
• Bell, the umbrella-shaped, non-stinging part of medusas in jellyfish
• Bell, the corolla of a flower

[edit] In mathematics

• Bell curve, illustrates normal distribution in statistics
  • Bell curve grading, a use of the bell curve in comparing student achievement and converting percent and percentile grades to letter grades
• Bell number, the number of partitions of a set with n members
• Bell's theorem, the most famous legacy of the late John Bell

[edit] Other

• Bell housing, part of an automotive transmission
• Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel for diving below water
• USS Bell, one of two ships in the United States Navy
• Bell (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
• Bell (fictional currency), a fictional currency in Nintendo's Animal Crossing series of video games
• "Bells" (Blackadder), an episode of the British sitcom Blackadder II
• Bell barrow, a burial mound
• Bell beaker, prehistoric pottery
• Bell bottoms, a style of trousers
• Bell lineage, a lineage or clan of the Duala people of Cameroon
• Bell pit, a type of coal mine
• Saved by the Bell, popular American teen sitcom that is known under varying titles
• The Bell, a supposed anti-gravity experiment by Nazi scientists
• The Liberty Bell, American bell of great historic significance
• Bell (Monotype), a 1788 serif typeface
• "Bell", a song by Avail from their 2000 album One Wrench

[edit] See also

• Bel
• Bell (surname)
• Belle
• List of people by name: Bell
• Bryce Bell
• The Bells
• the Bells meteorite of 1961, which fell in Texas, United States (see Meteorite falls)