Bell (disambiguation)
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A bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped.
Bell may also refer to:
Sound and music[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Bell (surname), a list of people with the surname Bell
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), Scottish-Canadian-American inventor, teacher, engineer, and scientist, son of Alexander Melville Bell
- John Stewart Bell or J. S. Bell (1928–1990), Northern Irish physicist and the originator of Bell's theorem in quantum physics
Places[edit]
Africa[edit]
- Bell, Eastern Cape, South African a town
- Port Bell, Lake Victoria, Uganda
Australia[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador
- Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
- Bell River (Quebec), a tributary of Matagami Lake, then Nottaway River flowing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and in Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada
Europe[edit]
- Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany, a municipality
- Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Germany, a municipality
- Bell End, UK
United States[edit]
- Bell, California
- Bell, Florida
- Bell, Illinois
- Bell, Oklahoma
- Bell, Wisconsin
- Bell Canyon, California
- Bell City, Missouri
- Bell County, Kentucky
- Bell County, Texas
- Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)
Other places[edit]
- Bell (crater), a crater on the Moon
- Bell Creek (disambiguation)
Art, entertainment, and media[edit]
- Bell (fictional currency), in the game Animal Crossing
- Bell Fibe TV, an IP-based television service offered in Ontario and Quebec
Buildings[edit]
- Bell (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
- Bell Centre, a stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Bell Laboratories Building, an historic building in Manhattan, New York
- Bell Lightbox, a skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Bell Sensplex, a four-pad ice facility in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Bell Sports Complex, a sports facility in Brossard, Quebec, Canada
- Campus Bell, headquarters of Bell Canada, on Nuns' Island in Montreal, Canada
Businesses[edit]
Telecommunications[edit]
- Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell
- Bell Atlantic, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the mid-Atlantic US, merged in 2000 with GTE to form Verizon
- BCE Inc., formerly Bell Canada Enterprises, a telecommunications holding company in Canada
- Bell Aliant, a telecommunications subsidiary of Bell Canada
- Bell Canada, a telecommunications subsidiary of BCE Inc.
- Bell Internet, an internet service provider and subsidiary of Bell Canada
- Bell Media, a media subsidiary of BCE Inc.
- Bell MTS, a telecommunications subsidiary of Bell Canada
- Bell Mobility, a wireless network subsidiary of Bell Canada
- Bell TV, a satellite television service and subsidiary of Bell Canada
- Bell Communications Research, Inc., a research & development organization, originally a joint subsidiary of the Regional Bell Operating Companies, since renamed to Telecordia Technologies, Inc. and now a subsidiary of Ericsson
- 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
- Illinois Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Illinois
- Indiana Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving Indiana
- Michigan Bell, the subsidiary of AT&T serving the state of Michigan
- Mountain Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the US Rocky Mountain region
- Nevada Bell, the Bell System's telephone provider in Nevada
- New Jersey Bell, (1904–1983)
- Northwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the North Central and Northwestern US
- Ohio Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio
- Pacific Bell, the name of the Bell System's telephone operations in California
- Regional Bell Operating Company, any of the phone companies spun off from AT&T in 1984
- South Central Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the South-Central US
- Southern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the Southeastern US
- Southwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas
- Wisconsin Bell, (1984–1999)
Other business[edit]
- Bell Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer of the United States
- Bell Helicopter, an American rotorcraft manufacturer
- Bell ID, a software company based in The Netherlands
- Bell Records, a record label
- Bell Sports Inc., a helmet manufacturer
- Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan
Mathematics, science and technology[edit]
- Bell, the body of a jellyfish
- Bell character, in computing, a device control code
- Bell number, in mathematics
- Bell polynomials, in mathematics
- Bell state, in quantum information science
- Diving bell, a cable-suspended underwater airtight chamber
Transportation[edit]
Rail[edit]
- Bell (METRORail station), Houston, Texas, United States
- Bell railway station, Melbourne, Australia
- Bell railway station, New South Wales, Australia
Sea[edit]
- SS Empire Bell, a Swedish collier (bulk cargo ship) launched in 1930
- USS Bell, either of two U.S. Navy ships
Other forms of transportation[edit]
- Bell (cyclecar), a British three-wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by W.G. Bell of Rochester, Kent
- Bell tailslide, an aerobatic maneuver
Other uses[edit]
- Bell (typeface), a typeface designed in 1788 by Richard Austin
- Bell Challenge, a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec
- Bell High School (disambiguation)
- Bell House (disambiguation)
See also[edit]
- Bel (disambiguation)
- Bell, Book & Candle (disambiguation)
- Belle (disambiguation)
- Bell public house (disambiguation)
- Bells (disambiguation)
- The Bell (disambiguation)
- The Bells (disambiguation)
- Justice Bell (disambiguation)
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