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See also: BEL for three letter acronyms. Although it is widely used as a measure of the loudness of sound, the decibel (dB) is more generally a measure of the ratio between two quantities, and can be used to express a wide variety of measurements in acoustics and electronics. ... The A-weighting curve dB(A) or dBA stands for decibels adjusted. ... Bel, signifying lord or master, is a title rather than a genuine name, applied to various gods in Babylonian relgion. ... In Celtic mythology, Belenus (also Belinus, Belenos, Belinos, Belinu, Bellinus, Belus, Bel) was a deity worshipped in Gaul, Britain and Celtic areas of Italy and Austria. ... Bengal Quince or Stone apple (Aegle marmelos Correa) is a fruit indegenous to India where it is popularly known as Bael fruit. ... The original Dungeons & Dragons set Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) published by Gary Gygax and David Arneson in January 1974. ... In the cosmology of the core Dungeons & Dragons setting and other settings, including the Forgotten Realms and Planescape, Baator, also known as the Nine Hells, is the Outer plane where the souls of people of Lawful Evil alignment are sent after death, suffering whatever torments are determined by their gods... Bel can mean: A unit of measurement for proportions and ratios; see Decibel and dB(A) The title of a Semitic god; see Bel (god) A Celtic deity; see Belenus This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article describes three-letter acronyms. ...


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Bel (god) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (392 words)
Bel, signifying "lord" or "master", is a title rather than a genuine name, applied to various gods in Babylonian religion.
Bel is represented in Greek and Latin by Belos and Belus respectively.
Bel became especially used of the Babylonian god Marduk and when found in Assyrian and neo-Babylonian personal names or mentioned in inscriptions in Mesoptamian context it can usually be taken as referring to Marduk and no other god.
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