Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Bel has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
"The ancient inscription honored the bel as a supreme deity alongside Anu and Ea."
A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.
"The old botanist noted that 'bel' was an archaic spelling used to refer to the Indian bael tree."
Alternative form of bael (Indian tree)
In plain English: A bel is a unit used to measure how much louder something sounds compared to another sound.
"She likes to play her favorite song on the bel during lunch breaks."
Usage: The bel is rarely used in everyday conversation; people almost always refer to one-tenth of a unit, called a decibel (dB). Use "decibel" when discussing sound levels or signal strength rather than the larger base unit.
A Babylonian deity, corresponding to the Semitic Baal.
"Bel was born in July and has always loved the ocean."
A female given name.
The name bel is named after Alexander Graham Bell. It was originally used to honor his invention of the telephone.