Kegel
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Kegel may refer to:
- Kegel exerciseKegel exerciseA pelvic floor exercise, more commonly called a Kegel exercise , consists of contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor, which are now sometimes colloquially referred to as the "Kegel muscles". Several tools exist to help with these exercises, though many are ineffective...
- Arnold KegelArnold KegelArnold H. Kegel M.D., F.A.C.S. was a gynecologist who invented the Kegel Perineometer and Kegel exercises as non-surgical treatment of genital relaxation...
(1894–1981), world-renowned gynecologist - Charles KegelCharles KegelCharles H. Kegel was a professor in the Department of Communication Skills at Michigan State University and in the Department of English at Idaho State University. He served as editor of the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature in 1959 and as acting President of Idaho State ...
, interim President of Idaho State University - Frederick Wilhelm KegelFrederick Wilhelm KegelFriedrich Wilhelm Kegel , from 1922 to 1938 director of the of mining operations at Tsumeb mine, Namibia.The mineral Kegelite, discovered in the Tsumeb mine, was named after him.Kegel took the first published photograph of the Hoba meteorite....
, (?-1948), Namibian mine director - Herbert KegelHerbert KegelHerbert Kegel was a German conductor.Kegel was born in Dresden. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940...
(1920–1990), German conductor - Johann Karl Ehrenfried KegelJohann Karl Ehrenfried KegelJohann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel was a German agronomist and explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula.Kegel was born in Rammelburg and studied in Copenhagen...
(1784–1863), German agronomist and explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula - kegel (bowling)Kegel (bowling)Also spelled Kegeln.Kegel is an Australian bowling game, in which a player rolls a wooden or plastic ball along a smooth, hard indoor lane . The object of the game is to knock down the nine kegels at the other end of the lane. Kegel is based on traditional German games and is therefore closely...
, a traditional German variety of nine-pin bowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
. Also spelled Kegeln. - Kegel LLC, a U.S. company involved in 10-pin bowling