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Inverted bell

geometric shape

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 7, 2024
Entity authorityQ6060504 ↗
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The inverted bell is a metaphorical name for a geometric shape that resembles a bell upside-down.

By context

In architecture, the term is applied to describe the shape of the capitals of Corinthian columns.

The inverted bell is used in shape classification in pottery, often featured in archaeology as well as in modern times.

In statistics, a bimodial distribution is sometimes called an inverted bell curve.

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The public source identifies “Inverted bell” as geometric shape. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Inverted, bell and geometric.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 66-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Inverted, bell and geometric providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Inverted bell” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.