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Sound and music

  • Bell (instrument)
    Bell (instrument)
    A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually a hollow, cup-shaped object, which resonates upon being struck...

    , a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped
  • Bell (wind instrument)
  • Bell cymbal
    Bell cymbal
    A bell cymbal or bell splash cymbal is a small, very thick cymbal with little if any taper, used as an effects cymbal in a drum kit. The sound produced when striking the bell cymbal with a drumstick is a distinctive high-pitched ping sound with a long sustain...

  • Bell effect
    Bell effect
    The bell effect, also known colloquially as "bells", is a technique used in musical arrangement in which single notes of a chord are played in sequence by separate instruments which sustain their individual notes to allow the chord to be heard. It is, in effect, an arpeggio played by several...

    , a musical technique
  • Bell Orchestre
    Bell Orchestre
    Bell Orchestre is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time and in the same studio that Arcade Fire recorded Funeral. However, Arcade Fire's popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to...

    , a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • "Ring My Bell
    Ring My Bell
    "Ring My Bell" is a 1979 disco song by Anita Ward. It was originally written for Stacy Lattisaw, but when she signed with a different label, Ward was asked to sing it instead and it became her only major hit. The song hit number one on the disco charts. "Ring My Bell" went to number one on both...

    ", a 1979 disco song by Anita Ward
  • "Ring My Bell", a 2008 sing by Madonna included on her album Hard Candy
    Hard Candy (Madonna album)
    Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on April 19, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records. It was her final studio album with the record company, marking the end of a 25 year recording history. Madonna started working on the album in 2007, and collaborated...

  • "Daisy Bell
    Daisy Bell
    "Daisy Bell" is a popular song with the well-known chorus "Daisy, Daisy/Give me your answer do/I'm half crazy/all for the love of you" as well as the line "...a bicycle built for two".-History:"Daisy Bell" was composed by Harry Dacre in 1892...

    ", a 1892 popular song with lyrics "Daisy, Daisy/Give me your answer do..."
  • "Daybreak's Bell
    Daybreak's Bell
    "Daybreak's Bell" is the thirty-third single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on October 10, 2007. It also has a P'unk-en-Ciel track, "Natsu no Yuutsu [Sea in Blood 2007]", a remake of their fourth single "Natsu no Yuutsu [Time to say Good-bye]"...

    ", a single from the Japanese band L'Arc-en-Ciel
  • "Hells Bells
    Hells Bells
    Hell's bells can refer to:* "Hells Bells" , a 1980 song by Australian hard rock group AC/DC* Hell's Bells, a song by English jazz band Bruford, from their 1979 album One of a Kind...

    " , A song by AC/DC
    AC/DC
    AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...

     From The album Back In Black
    Back in Black
    Back in Black is an album by Australian rock band AC/DC. It is the seventh Australian and sixth internationally released studio album by the band....


Signals

  • Bell (school)
    Bell (school)
    A bell is a signal in a school that tells the students when it is time to go to class in the morning and when it is time to change classes during the day. Typically the first bell tells the students that it is time to report to class and the bell that occurs shortly after that means that the...

    , a signal used for transitions during a school day
  • Church bell
    Church bell
    A church bell is a bell which is rung in a church either to signify the hour or the time for worshippers to go to church, perhaps to attend a wedding, funeral, or other service...

    , indicating when to go to church
  • Doorbell
    Doorbell
    A doorbell is a signaling device typically placed near a door. Most doorbells emit a ringing sound to alert the occupant of the building to a visitor's presence, when the visitor presses a button. Many modern doorbells are electric — they are actuated by an electric switch...

    , a signaling device to alert residents to visitors
  • Division bell
    Division bell
    A division bell is a bell rung in or around a parliament to signal a division and thus call all members of the chamber so affected to vote in it.- In the United Kingdom :...

    , used in a parliament to call members to a vote
  • Last call bell, a signal that a bar is closing soon
  • Ship's bell, a signal for marking time on a ship
  • A signal from an engine order telegraph
    Engine order telegraph
    An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., often also chadburn, is a communications device used on a ship for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed...

    , a communications device used on a ship or submarine

Telecommunications

  • Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell
  • Bell Canada
    Bell Canada
    Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...

    , a Canadian telecommunications company
  • Bell Mobility
    Bell Mobility
    Bell Mobility is a CDMA and HSPA+ based wireless network and the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services in Canada...

    , a wireless network selling services in Canada
  • Bell Aliant, a communications company providing services in eastern Canada
  • Bell System
    Bell System
    The Bell System was the American Bell Telephone Company and then, subsequently, AT&T led system which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984, at various times as a monopoly. In 1984, the company was broken up into separate companies, by a U.S...

    , the organization that provided telephone service in the United States until 1984
  • Bell Telephone Company
    Bell Telephone Company
    The Bell Telephone Company, a common law joint stock company, was organized in Boston, Massachusetts on July 9, 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize a sister company — the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company...

    , founded in 1877 by family of Alexander Graham Bell
  • Illinois Bell
    Illinois Bell
    Illinois Bell is the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Illinois. It is wholly owned by AT&T.Their headquarters are at 225 West Randolph St., Chicago, IL. After the 1984 Bell System Divestiture, Illinois Bell became a part of Ameritech, one of the 7 original Regional Bell Operating Companies...

    , the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Illinois
  • Indiana Bell
    Indiana Bell
    Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc., is the Bell Operating Company serving Indiana. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc.After the 1984 Bell System Divestiture, Indiana Bell became a part of Ameritech, one of the 7 original Regional Bell Operating Companies...

    , the Bell Operating Company serving Indiana
  • Michigan Bell
    Michigan Bell
    Michigan Bell is the subsidiary of AT&T serving the state of Michigan. Following the Bell System divestiture on January 8, 1982, the company became a subsidiary of Ameritech, the Regional Bell operating company that served the midwestern United States...

    , the subsidiary of AT&T serving the state of Michigan
  • Nevada Bell
    Nevada Bell
    Nevada Bell Telephone Company, originally Bell Telephone Company of Nevada, was the Bell System's telephone provider in Nevada. It only provides telephone services to 30% of the state, not including Las Vegas, where service is provided by CenturyLink...

    , the Bell System's telephone provider in Nevada
  • New Jersey Bell
    New Jersey Bell
    Verizon New Jersey, Inc., formerly New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, is the Bell Operating Company serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. In 1984, the Bell System Divestiture split New Jersey Bell off into a Regional Bell Operating Company, along with the 21 other BOCs AT&T had a majority stake in...

    , (1904–1983)
  • Ohio Bell
    Ohio Bell
    The Ohio Bell Telephone Company is the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T.Its headquarters is the Ohio Bell Building at 750 Huron Road, Cleveland, Ohio...

    , the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio
  • Pacific Bell
    Pacific Bell
    The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was the name of the Bell System's telephone operations in California. It gained in size by acquiring smaller telephone companies along the Pacific coast, such as Sunset Telephone & Telegraph in 1917...

    , the name of the Bell System's telephone operations in California
  • Regional Bell Operating Company
    Regional Bell Operating Company
    The Regional Bell Operating Companies are the result of United States v. AT&T, the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone & Telegraph Company . On January 8, 1982, AT&T Corp. settled the suit and agreed to divest its local exchange service operating...

    , any of the phone companies spun-off from AT&T in 1984
  • Wisconsin Bell
    Wisconsin Bell
    Wisconsin Bell, Inc. is the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Wisconsin. They were a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc.....

    , (1984–1999)

Other

  • Bell Labs
    Bell Labs
    Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...

    , a research & development organization founded by AT&T
  • Bell TV, a division of Bell Canada
  • Bell Aircraft
    Bell Aircraft
    The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer of the United States, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and for the development and production of many important civilian and military helicopters...

    , an aircraft manufacturer of the United States
  • Bell Helicopter, an American rotorcraft manufacturer headquartered in Hurst, Texas
  • Bell Media, a Canadian media company, operated by Bell Canada
  • Bell Records
    Bell Records
    Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 by Arthur Shimkin in New York, the owner of children's record label Golden Records, and initially a unit of Pocket Books, after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny Bell who used the Bell name to issue risque novelty records. A...

    , a record label
  • Bell Sports Inc.
    Bell Sports Inc.
    Bell Sports, a division of Easton-Bell Sports, is a manufacturer of bicycle, auto racing, and motorcycle helmets. Easton-Bell Sports also owns the Riddell football helmet and Giro bicycle helmet brands....

    , a helmet manufacturer
  • Bell's Brewery
    Bell's Brewery
    Bell's Brewery, Inc. is a brewery located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently brewed in Comstock, Michigan. Bell's Brewery produces the Bell's brand of beers. Bell's also has a brewpub called the Eccentric Cafe which serves their beer and food....

    , based in Michigan

Transportation

  • Bell (cyclecar)
    Bell (cyclecar)
    The Bell was a British 3 wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by W.G. Bell of Rochester, Kent.The car was a three wheeler with the single wheel at the front and was powered by a JAP or Precision engine. The cars were advertised but it is not certain that series production ever...

    , a British 3 wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by W.G. Bell of Rochester, Kent
  • Bell (METRORail station), Houston, Texas, United States
  • Bell railway station, Melbourne
    Bell railway station, Melbourne
    Bell is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Preston, on the Epping railway line. Bell is in Metcard Zone 1 and is classed as a Premium Station.-Facilities:...

    , Australia
  • Bell railway station, New South Wales
    Bell railway station, New South Wales
    -Neighbouring stations:The next outbound station is the now-closed Newnes Junction station.- References :...

    , Australia
  • USS Bell
    USS Bell
    Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bell, in honor of Rear Admiral Henry Haywood Bell.*The , was a Wickes-class destroyer.*The , was a Fletcher-class destroyer from 1943 to 1946....

    , either of two U.S. Navy ships
  • Bell tailslide
    Bell tailslide
    The tailslide is an aerobatic maneuver that starts from level flight with a 1/4 loop up into a straight vertical climb until the aircraft loses momentum...

    , an aerobatic maneuver

Germany

  • Bell, Mayen-Koblenz
    Bell, Mayen-Koblenz
    Bell is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany....

    , a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany
  • Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück
    Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück
    -History:In 1220, Bell had its first documentary mention in the directory of yearly payments to the Archbishopric of Trier, the liber annalium. Even so, Bell is a much older settlement. The name itself is pre-Germanic, being a Celtic word for a hill or a settlement in the heights...

    , an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

United States

  • Bell, California
    Bell, California
    Bell is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Its population was 35,477 at the 2010 census, down from 36,664 in the 2000 census. Bell is located on the west bank of the Los Angeles River and is a suburb of the city of Los Angeles...

  • Bell, Florida
    Bell, Florida
    Bell is a town in Gilchrist County, Florida, United States. It was originally founded in 1946 by entrepreneur Ian H. Crocker. The population was 349 at the 2000 census. Gilchrist County holds two towns, Bell & Trenton. It is situated in the northern part of the county. The Middle/High School is...

  • Bell, Illinois
    Bell, Illinois
    Bell is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois, United States. Bell is located on Illinois Route 121 about north of Lincoln....

  • Bell, Oklahoma
    Bell, Oklahoma
    Bell is a census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 602 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bell is located at ....

  • Bell, Wisconsin
    Bell, Wisconsin
    Bell is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 230 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Cornucopia, Wisconsin is located within the town.Wisconsin Highway 13 serves as a main arterial route in the community....

  • Bell Canyon
    Bell Canyon
    Bell Canyon is a gorge in the Santa Ana Mountains, its stream flowing about to its confluence with San Juan Creek, in Orange County of the U.S. state of California...

    , California
  • Bell City, Missouri
    Bell City, Missouri
    Bell City is a city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States. Originally founded as a sawmill town around 1900, Bell City lies at the foothills of Crowley's Ridge on Missouri Route 91...

  • Bell County, Kentucky
    Bell County, Kentucky
    Bell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed August 1, 1867, from parts of Knox and Harlan Counties and augmented from Knox County in 1872. As of 2010 the population was 69,060. Its county seat is Pineville...

  • Bell County, Texas
    Bell County, Texas
    Bell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Bell County was founded in 1850. It is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2000, the county's population was 237,974; in 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau reported that its population had reached...

  • Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)
  • Bell Creek (disambiguation)
  • Bell Mountain AVA
    Bell Mountain AVA
    The Bell Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Gillespie County, Texas. It was the first designated wine area located entirely in the state of Texas, and covers an area of over . The appellation is entirely contained within the Texas Hill Country AVA, which was established...

    , Texas wine region in Gillespie County
  • Bell Mountain Wilderness
    Bell Mountain Wilderness
    The United States Congress designated the Bell Mountain Wilderness in 1980. The wilderness area now has a total of . Bell Mountain is located within the Potosi-Fredericktown Ranger District of the Mark Twain National Forest, south of Potosi, Missouri in the United States...

    , in 1980

Other uses

  • Bell (surname)
    Bell (surname)
    Bell is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. Notable persons with that surname include:- A :* Aaron Bell , American jazz double-bassist* Acton Bell, pseudonym of Anne Brontë...

    , a list of people with the surname Bell
  • Bell (fictional currency)
  • Bell (typeface)
    Bell (typeface)
    Bell Gothic is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Chauncey H. Griffith in 1938 while heading the typographic development program at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company...

    , a typeface designed in 1788 by Richard Austin
  • Bell character
    Bell character
    A bell code is a device control code originally sent to ring a small electromechanical bell on tickers and other teleprinters and teletypewriters to alert operators at the other end of the line, often of an incoming message...

    , a device control code
  • Bell Centre
    Bell Centre
    The Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...

    , a stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Bell High School (disambiguation)
  • Bell House (disambiguation)
  • Diving bell
    Diving bell
    A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers to depth in the ocean. The most common types are the wet bell and the closed bell....

    , a cable-suspended underwater airtight chamber
  • The body of a jellyfish
    Jellyfish
    Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...

  • Bell XFL Airabonita, an experimental shipboard interceptor aircraft
  • Closing Bell
    Closing Bell
    Closing Bell can refer to two CNBC programs, the original Closing Bell on CNBC , and European Closing Bell on CNBC Europe.-About the show:...

    can refer to two CNBC programs
  • The Fishing Bell
    The Fishing Bell
    The Fishing Bell is a 1917 Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz....

    , a 1917 Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz
  • SS Empire Bell
    SS Empire Bell
    Empire Bell was a 1,744 GRT collier which was built by Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden as the 2,023 GRT passenger ship Belgia in 1930. In 1940 she was rebuilt as a cargo ship. In 1941, she was damaged by enemy bombing and burnt out. She was salvaged and sold to the Ministry of War Transport ,...

    , a 1,744 GRT collier which was built by Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden as the 2,023 GRT passenger ship Belgia in 1930
  • Bell Challenge
    Bell Challenge
    The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....

    , a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec
  • Bell Sensplex
    Bell Sensplex
    The Bell Sensplex is a four-pad ice facility, located in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the primary practice facility of the Ottawa Senators NHL team. In a partnership with the City of Ottawa, it is also used for minor hockey and hosts the annual Bell Capital Cup ice hockey tournament....

    , a four-pad ice facility in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Bell Fibe TV
    Bell Fibe TV
    Bell Fibe TV is an IP-based television service offered by Bell Canada in Ontario and Quebec. It is bundled with Bell Fibe Internet, and uses the Microsoft Mediaroom platform....

    , an IP-based television service offered in Ontario and Quebec
  • Sigismund Bell, the largest of the five bells hanging in the Sigismund Tower of the Wawel Cathedral in the Polish city of Kraków
  • Bell Lightbox
    Bell Lightbox
    The TIFF Bell Lightbox & Festival Tower is a cultural centre and skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was developed by The Daniels Corporation and designed by Toronto-based architectural firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects...

    , a skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Bell Sports Complex
    Bell Sports Complex
    The Bell Sports Complex is a multipurpose sports facility located in Brossard, Quebec, Canada. Situated near Quebec Autoroute 10 and the Quartier Dix30 lifestyle center, the primary function of the Bell Sports Complex is to serve as the official practice facility of the Montreal Canadiens National...

    , a sports facility in Brossard, Quebec, Canada

See also

  • Bell (surname)
    Bell (surname)
    Bell is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. Notable persons with that surname include:- A :* Aaron Bell , American jazz double-bassist* Acton Bell, pseudonym of Anne Brontë...

  • The Bell (disambiguation)
    The Bell (disambiguation)
    The Bell may refer to:*The Bell , a 1958 novel by Iris Murdoch*"The Bell" , a song by Mike Oldfield*"The Bell" , an anti-war song by Stephan Smith*The Bell , an Irish literary magazine published in 1940-1954...

  • Bells (disambiguation)
  • The Bells (disambiguation)
    The Bells (disambiguation)
    The Bells may refer to:*"The Bells", an 1849 poem by Edgar Allan Poe*The Bells, an 1871 play by Leopold Davis Lewis*"The Bells" , a choral work completed in 1913 by Sergei Rachmaninoff*The Bells, a 1911 film directed by W. J. Lincoln...

  • Bel (disambiguation)
  • Belle (disambiguation)
  • Bell number
    Bell number
    In combinatorics, the nth Bell number, named after Eric Temple Bell, is the number of partitions of a set with n members, or equivalently, the number of equivalence relations on it...

    , in mathematics
  • Bell curve (disambiguation)
  • Bell polynomials, in mathematics
  • Bell state
    Bell state
    The Bell states are a concept in quantum information science and represent the simplest possible examples of entanglement. They are named after John S. Bell, as they are the subject of his famous Bell inequality. An EPR pair is a pair of qubits which jointly are in a Bell state, that is, entangled...

    , in quantum information science
  • Bell, Book & Candle (disambiguation)
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