Bell

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Bell may refer to:

Sound and music

• Bell (instrument), a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped
• Bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument.
• Bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small
• Cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal
• Bell effect, a musical technique

Signals

• Bell (school), a signal used for transitions during a school day
• 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
• Ship's bell, a signal for marking time on a ship
• A signal from an engine order telegraph, a communications device used on a ship or submarine

Businesses

Telecommunications

• Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell
• AT&T Bell Laboratories, a former research & development subsidiary of AT&T
• Bell Aliant, a communications company providing services in eastern Canada
• Bell Atlantic, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the mid-Atlantic US, merged in 2000 with GTE to form Verizon
• Bell Canada, a Canadian telecommunications company
• Bell Communications Research, Inc., a research & development organization, originally a joint subsidiary of the Regional Bell Operating Companies, since renamed to Telecordia Technologies, Inc. and now a subsidiary of Ericsson
• Bell Labs, a research & development organization founded by AT&T, now a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent
• Bell Media, a Canadian media company, operated by Bell Canada
• Bell Mobility, a wireless network selling services in Canada
• Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, a former research & development joint subsidiary of AT&T and Western Electric
• Bell System, the organization that provided telephone service in the United States until 1984
• Bell Telephone Company, founded in 1877 by the family of Alexander Graham Bell
• Bell TV, a division of Bell Canada
• Illinois Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Illinois
• Indiana Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving Indiana
• Michigan Bell, the subsidiary of AT&T serving the state of Michigan
• Mountain Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the US Rocky Mountain region
• Nevada Bell, the Bell System's telephone provider in Nevada
• New Jersey Bell, (1904–1983)
• Northwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the North Central and Northwestern US
• Ohio Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio
• Pacific Bell, the name of the Bell System's telephone operations in California
• Regional Bell Operating Company, any of the phone companies spun off from AT&T in 1984
• South Central Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the South-Central US
• Southern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the Southeastern US
• Southwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas
• Wisconsin Bell, (1984–1999)

Other business

• Bell Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer of the United States
• Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan
• Bell Helicopter, an American rotorcraft manufacturer headquartered in Hurst, Texas
• Bell ID, a software company based in The Netherlands
• Bell Records, a record label
• Bell Sports Inc., a helmet manufacturer

Transportation

• Bell (cyclecar), a British 3 wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by W.G. Bell of Rochester, Kent
• Bell Helicopter, an American rotorcraft manufacture
• Bell (METRORail station), Houston, Texas, United States
• Bell railway station, Melbourne, Australia
• Bell railway station, New South Wales, Australia
• USS Bell, either of two U.S. Navy ships
• Bell tailslide, an aerobatic maneuver

Places

Australia

• Bell, New South Wales
• Bell, Queensland

Canada

• Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Bell Peninsula, Nunavut

Germany

• Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, a municipality
• Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, a municipality

South Africa

• Bell, Eastern Cape, a town

Uganda

• Port Bell, Lake Victoria

United Kingdom

• Bell End

United States

• Bell, California
• Bell, Florida
• Bell, Illinois
• Bell, Oklahoma
• Bell, Wisconsin
• Bell Canyon, California
• Bell City, Missouri
• Bell County, Kentucky
• Bell County, Texas

Outer space

• Bell (crater), a lunar crater

Other uses

• Bell (surname), a list of people with the surname Bell
• Bell (fictional currency)
• Bell (typeface), a typeface designed in 1788 by Richard Austin
• Bell character, a device control code
• Bell Centre, a stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Bell High School (disambiguation)
• Bell House (disambiguation)
• Bell Laboratories Building, an historic building in Manhattan, New York
• Diving bell, a cable-suspended underwater airtight chamber
• The body of a jellyfish
• SS Empire Bell, a 1,744 GRT collier
• Bell Challenge, a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec
• Bell Sensplex, a four-pad ice facility in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Bell Fibe TV, an IP-based television service offered in Ontario and Quebec
• Bell Lightbox, a skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Bell Sports Complex, a sports facility in Brossard, Quebec, Canada
• Nuns' Island#Campus Bell Campus Bell, headquarters of Bell Canada on Nuns' Island in Montreal, Canada

See also

• Bel (disambiguation)
• Bell, Book & Candle (disambiguation)
• Bell Creek (disambiguation)
• Bell curve (disambiguation)
• Bell number, in mathematics
• Bell polynomials, in mathematics
• Bell state, in quantum information science
• Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)
• Belle (disambiguation)
• Bells (disambiguation)
• The Bell (disambiguation)
• The Bells (disambiguation)