"bel" meaning in English

See bel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɛl/ Audio: en-us-bell.ogg Forms: bels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Named after Alexander Graham Bell. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bel (plural bels)
  1. A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively. Categories (topical): Units of measure Derived forms: centibel, decibel, femtobel, gigabel, nanobel Translations (measure of relative power): бел (bjel) [masculine] (Belarusian), бел (bel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bel [masculine] (Czech), bel [masculine] (French), bel (Hungarian), bel [neuter] (Icelandic), бел (bel) [masculine] (Macedonian), bel [masculine] (Polish), бе́л (bél) [masculine] (Russian), бел (bel) [masculine] (Tatar), เบล (bel) (Thai), бел (bel) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bɛl/ Audio: en-us-bell.ogg Forms: bels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-noun}} bel (plural bels)
  1. Alternative form of bael (“Indian tree”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bael (extra: Indian tree)
    Sense id: en-bel-en-noun-bu7hAdku
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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