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

Contents

• Sound and music
• Signals
• People
• Given name
• Places
• Australia
• Canada
• Germany
• United States
• Other places
• Businesses
• Telecommunications
• Other businesses
• Science and technology
• Transportation
• Other uses
• See also

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
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-), astrophysicist who discovered pulsars
  • 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

Businesses

Science and technology

• 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

• 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)
• Bell, a character from the fourth season of Battle for Dream Island, an animated web series

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

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