Bell (disambiguation)

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A bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped.

Bell may also refer to:

Sound and music

  • Bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument
  • Bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small
  • Bell effect, a musical technique
  • Cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal

Signals

  • Bell, a signal from an engine order telegraph, a communications device used on a ship or submarine
  • Alarm bell, used to alert people of a fire or burglary detected or, as part of a traditional alarm clock, to awaken or remind
  • Church bell, indicating when to go to church
  • Doorbell, a signaling device to alert residents to visitors
  • Division bell, used in a parliament to call members to a vote
  • Last call bell, a signal that a bar is closing soon
  • School bell, a signal used for transitions during a school day
  • Ship's bell, a signal for marking time on a ship

People

  • Bell (surname), a list of people with the surname Bell
    • Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), inventor of the telephone
    • John Stewart Bell (1928–1990), originator of Bell's theorem in quantum physics
  • bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952–2021), American author, academic, and activist

Places

Australia

Canada

  • Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)
  • Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
  • Bell River (Quebec)

Germany

United States

Other places

Businesses

Telecommunications

  • Bell Canada, a Canadian telecommunications company
  • Bell Labs, a research & development organization founded by AT&T, now owned by Nokia
  • Bell System, the organization that provided telephone service in the United States until 1984
  • Bell Telephone Company, founded in 1877 by the family of Alexander Graham Bell

Other businesses

Science and technology

Transportation

  • Bell station (disambiguation)
  • SS Empire Bell, a ship
  • USS Bell, the name of two U.S. Navy ships
  • Bell (cyclecar), made in 1920
  • Bell maneuver, a version of the tailslide in aerobatics

Other uses

  • Bell (fictional currency), in the game Animal Crossing
  • Bell (typeface)

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Bell
  • All pages with titles containing Bell
  • Bel (disambiguation)
  • Bell High School (disambiguation)
  • Bell House (disambiguation)
  • Bell Lake (disambiguation)
  • Bell pepper
  • Bell, Book & Candle (disambiguation)
  • Belle (disambiguation)
  • Bells (disambiguation)
  • The Bell (disambiguation)
  • The Bells (disambiguation)
  • Justice Bell (disambiguation)
  • Old Bell (disambiguation)
  • Glockenspiel (disambiguation)
  • Alexander Graham Bell honors and tributes
Topics referred to by the same term
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