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Sexagesima (oh) and bel(2) (iou)


Sexagesima (oh)



in the Christian Religion, the second Sunday before Lent

bel(2) (iou)



bel noun1. E20.
[from Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone.]
A logarithmic unit used in comparing electrical power levels, intensities of sounds, etc., corresponding to a power ratio of 10 to 1. Cf. DECIBEL.