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61Bell curve grading — In education, grading on a bell curve (or simply known as curving) is a method of assigning grades designed to yield a desired distribution of grades among the students in a class. Strictly speaking, grading on a bell curve refers to the… …
62Bell Curve — The most common type of distribution for a variable. The term bell curve comes from the fact that the graph used to depict a normal distribution consists of a bell shaped line. The bell curve is also known as a normal distribution. The bell curve …
63bell — n. [A.S. belle, bell] 1. Any bell shaped structure. 2. (CNIDARIA) a. In Hydrozoa, the umbrella of jellyfish. b. In Scyphozoa, the nectophores of siphonophores. 3. (NEMATA) The bursa …
64bell jar — a bell shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric a brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments. Also called bell glass. [1875 80] * * * …
65Bell Island — ▪ island, Newfoundland, Canada island in southeastern Newfoundland, Canada; it lies in Conception Bay 3 mi (5 km) off the Avalon Peninsula. Bell Island is 6 mi long and 3 mi wide, and has an area of 11 sq mi (28 sq km). Named after a large… …
66bell jar — /ˈbɛl dʒa / (say bel jah) noun a bell shaped glass vessel or cover, as for protecting delicate instruments, bric a brac, etc., or for holding gases in chemical operations. Also, bell glass …
67bell button — noun 1. : a push button to ring a bell 2. : a bell shaped button used especially on some dress uniforms …
68bell jar — noun Date: circa 1849 a bell shaped usually glass vessel designed to cover objects or to contain gases or a vacuum …
69bell pepper — noun Date: 1707 sweet pepper; especially a large bell shaped sweet pepper …
70bell beaker — Archaeol. a bell shaped beaker, esp. one associated with the Beaker folk. [1900 05] * * * …
