Bell (disambiguation)

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

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
 * 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

Australia

 * Bell, New South Wales
 * Bell, Queensland, a town in the Western Downs Region

Canada

 * Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
 * Bell River (Quebec)

Germany

 * Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany, a municipality
 * Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Germany, a municipality

United States

 * Bell, California
 * Bell, Florida
 * Bell, Illinois
 * Bell, Oklahoma
 * Bell, Wisconsin
 * Bell Canyon, California
 * Bell City, Missouri
 * Bell County, Kentucky
 * Bell County, Texas
 * Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)

Other places

 * Bell (crater), a crater on the Moon
 * Bell, South Africa
 * Bell Creek (disambiguation)

Telecommunications

 * Bell Canada, a Canadian telecommunications company
 * Bell Labs, a research & development organization founded by AT&T, now owned by Nokia
 * 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

Other businesses

 * Bell Aircraft, a former American aircraft manufacturer
 * Bell Textron, formerly Bell Helicopter
 * Bell ID, a Dutch software company
 * Bell Inn, Enfield, London, England
 * Bell Records, a record label
 * Bell Sports, a helmet manufacturer
 * Bell (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
 * Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan, U.S.
 * Bell's whisky, a brand of Scotch

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)