Belt

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Belt can refer to the following objects:

• A belt (clothing) is an article of clothing worn around the waist to hold pants up or as a fashion accessory.
• A belt (mechanical) is a looped, flexible connection, used for power transmission; it is called conveyor belt when part of a conveyance system.
• A Belt (firearm) is a single row of cartridges which are held together with cloth or metal links, for use in a (typically automatic) firearm.
• A leather belt as attribute of certain Confraternities of the Cord and/or as penitential device.
• A Championship belt in combat sports such as boxing, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling, which is used as the equivalent of a trophy and awarded to the winner of a championship in a sport.
• Dance belt, an undergarment worn by male dancers.
• Belt track, the common term for Kégresse track, a kind of track drive that uses reinforced flexible belts instead of linked belts for traction.
• Vocal belting, a singing technique.
• In automobiles:
  • A safety or seat belt.
  • A fan belt.
  • An engine timing belt.
• In astronomy:
  • An asteroid belt or Main belt is a cluster of asteroids orbiting a star. There is one in this solar system, located between Mars and Jupiter.
  • The Kuiper belt is an area of the solar system extending from within the orbit of Neptune. Objects within the Kuiper Belt are referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (a type of minor planet)or asteroids
  • The Oort Belt or Oort cloud is located outside the orbit scattered disc and Pluto's orbit where comets are presumed to be formed

• In geology and geography, a belt is a region with a roughly elongated form, or sometimes a sequence of roughly parallel forms, as in
  • "Belt" regions of Canada
  • "Belt" regions of the United States

As a geographical name it also refers to the following places:

• The Belts are the straits of the Baltic Sea between Germany, Denmark and Sweden. In particular the little Belt is referenced in the first stanza of Das Lied der Deutschen, a German national anthem (the first stanza is no longer used).
• Belt, Montana is a small city in Cascade County, Montana, U.S.
• Belt (Netherlands), a small village on the former island of Wieringen, in the Dutch province of North Holland
• Belt (recording artist)