Belt
Encyclopedia
Apparel
- Belt (clothing)Belt (clothing)A belt is a flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. A belt supports trousers or other articles of clothing.-History:...
, a band worn around the waist - Championship beltChampionship beltA championship belt is a large, extravagantly designed belt used primarily in combat sports such as boxing, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling to signify the champions of the promotion or company, much like a cup or trophy in other sports...
, a type of trophy used primarily in combat sports - Colored belts, such as a black belt, worn by martial arts practitioners to signify rank in the kyūKyuis a Japanese term used in martial arts, chadō, ikebana, go, shogi such as Japanese traditional culture, and academic tests and in other similar activities to designate various grades or levels or class of proficiency or experience...
ranking system - Breast belt
Mechanical and vehicular
- Belt (mechanical)Belt (mechanical)A belt is a loop of flexible material used to link two or more rotating shafts mechanically. Belts may be used as a source of motion, to transmit power efficiently, or to track relative movement. Belts are looped over pulleys. In a two pulley system, the belt can either drive the pulleys in the...
, a looped strip of material used to link multiple rotating shafts - Conveyor beltConveyor beltA conveyor belt consists of two or more pulleys, with a continuous loop of material - the conveyor belt - that rotates about them. One or both of the pulleys are powered, moving the belt and the material on the belt forward. The powered pulley is called the drive pulley while the unpowered pulley...
, a device for transporting goods along a fixed track - Seat beltSeat beltA seat belt or seatbelt, sometimes called a safety belt, is a safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result from a collision or a sudden stop...
, a safety device in automobiles - Timing beltTiming beltA timing belt, or cam belt , is a part of an internal combustion engine that controls the timing of the engine's valves. Some engines, such as the flat-4 Volkswagen air-cooled engine, and the straight-6 Toyota F engine use timing gears...
, part of an internal combustion engine - Belt track, a type of track used on Caterpillar-style vehicles
Places
- Belt (Netherlands)Belt (Netherlands)Belt or De Belt is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located on the former island of Wieringen.Belt is located just to the west of the village of Hippolytushoef. It is named after the small hill that it lies on...
- Belt, MontanaBelt, MontanaBelt is a town in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 635 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Great Falls Metropolitan Area.The town's main street is called Castner after its founder, John Castner...
, United States - Belt ParkwayBelt ParkwayThe Belt System is a series of connected limited-access highways that form a belt-like circle around the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The system comprises four officially separate parkways; however, three of the four are signed as the Belt Parkway...
, a series of highways around New York City, United States - The BeltsThe BeltsThe Belts are two straits in the Danish archipelago, Little Belt and Great Belt.See also the march across the Belts.See also danish straits....
, two straits of the Danish archipelago - Any of several informally defined regions of the United States, such as the Bible Belt or the Rust Belt
- Belts, Yiddish name of BălţiBaltiBalti can refer to:* Balti language, a language spoken in Baltistan in Pakistan and Ladakh in Kashmir* Balti people, Muslims of Ladakhi/Tibetan origin from Baltistan in Pakistan and Ladakh in Kashmir...
, Moldova
Astronomy
- Asteroid beltAsteroid beltThe asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
, a region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter - Gould BeltGould BeltThe Gould Belt is a partial ring of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, about 3000 light years across, tilted toward the galactic plane by about 16 to 20 degrees. It contains many spectral class O- and B-type stars, and may represent the local spiral arm to which the Sun belongs—currently the Sun is...
, a partial ring of stars representing the local spiral arm to which the Sun belongs - Kuiper beltKuiper beltThe Kuiper belt , sometimes called the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets extending from the orbit of Neptune to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, although it is far larger—20 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive...
, a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune - Orion's BeltOrion's BeltThe term Orion's Belt or the Belt of Orion may refer to:* Orion's Belt, an asterism consisting of three bright stars in a row in the constellation Orion* Orion's Belt, a 1985 film* Orion's Belt, a browser game...
, three stars in the constellation Orion
Other uses
- Belt (firearm)Belt (firearm)A belt or ammunition belt is a device used to retain and feed cartridges into a firearm. Belts and the associated feed systems are typically employed to feed machine guns or other automatic weapons...
, a device used to feed cartridges into a firearm - Belt (music)Belt (music)Belting refers to a specific technique of singing by which a singer produces a loud sound in the upper middle of the pitch range. It is often described as a vocal register although some dispute this since technically the larynx is not oscillating in a unique way...
, a singing technique - Judas beltJudas beltA Judas belt consists of a number of small explosive rounds, each one typically 2" long and 1/2" in diameter, arranged sequentially along a common fuse. The belt is either laid out on the ground or suspended from a tree or wall, and the end of the fuse is lit...
, a firework - Photon beltPhoton beltThe Photon Belt is a pseudo-scientific belief, largely linked to some parts of the New Age Movement...
, a New Age belief - Belt problemBelt problemThe belt problem is a mathematics problem which requires finding the length of a crossed belt that connects two circular pulleys with radius r1 and r2 whose centers are separated by a distance P...
, a mathematics problem - Belt SupergroupBelt SupergroupThe Belt Supergroup, is an assemblage of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks which outcrop chiefly in western Montana, but also exposed in Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, and British Columbia. It is most famous as the formation that makes up Glacier National Park in northwest Montana...
, a group of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks - Thomas BeltThomas BeltThomas Belt , an English geologist and naturalist, was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1832, and educated in that city. He is remembered for his work on the geology of gold bearing minerals, glacial geology, and for his description of the mutualistic relationship between certain bullthorn Acacia...
(1832–1878), English geologist and naturalist
See also
- Balteus (disambiguation)
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- Below the beltBelow the beltMainly used in combat sports such as boxing and kickboxing, below the belt refers to all the area of the body that lies below the line of the opponent's navel, including the genital area, legs, and crotch...
- Beltway