Dictionaries › English

bel

Pronunciation: /bɛl/

The English word “bel” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.

Etymology

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “bel” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.