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bell (BEL) (noun)
1. A hollow metallic instrument, usually cup-shaped, which gives forth a musical tone when struck: The large sonorous bell was hanging in the church tower.
2. Something that rings: The fire bell woke the people up in the middle of the night.
2. Something that rings: The fire bell woke the people up in the middle of the night.
belle (BEL) (noun)
A pretty woman or a beautiful girl: That gown will make Susanne the belle of the ball.
Maude's cousin was the belle of the ball when she wore a silver bell around her neck that chimed softly when she danced.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
(page 4)
(Latin: pretty, beautiful)
(Latin: war; fight, fighting)
(Latin: "ten" plus "bel" [Alexander Graham Bell]; a list of decibel levels and the examples that show the various decibel scales)
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“bell”
A signal to say the Angelus, rung at morning, noon, and evening as a call to recite the devotional prayer to commemorate the Annunciation or as indicated in the Bible, the archangel Gabriel's visit to the Virgin Mary to announce that she had been chosen to be the mother of Jesus Christ (Luke 1:26-38).
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angelo-, angel-
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electromechanical bell
A bell with a prewound spring-driven clapper which is tripped electrically to ring the bell.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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mechano-, mechan-; mechanico-; machin-
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“bell”
The shape of a graph that indicates normal distribution: A bell curve is a common symmetrical curve that shows a normal distribution and looks has the shape of a bell.
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Measurements and Mathematics Terms
(page 3)