Belt 890922 225438540 2008-07-13T18:21:35Z 78.88.212.106 Link corrected... '''Belt''' can refer to the following objects: {{wiktionarypar|belt}} *[[Belt (clothing)]], a part of clothing worn around the waist to hold trousers up or as a fashion accessory. *[[Police duty belt]], a belt worn by police officers, which holds all the equipment they need to conduct their duties. *[[Sam Browne belt]], wide military belt, usually made of leather, supported by a strap going diagonally over the right shoulder. *[[Money belt]] *[[Belt (mechanical)]], looped, flexible [[connection]], used for power transmission; called [[conveyor belt]] when part of a conveyance system. *[[Belt (firearm)]], a single row of [[Cartridge (weaponry)|cartridges]] which are held together with cloth or metal links, for use in a (typically automatic) [[firearm]]. ** [[Bandolier]] * [[Judas belt]] * A leather belt as attribute of certain [[Confraternities of the Cord]] and/or as [[penitential]] device. * A [[Championship belt|championship]] in combat sports such as [[boxing]], [[mixed martial arts]] and [[professional wrestling]], which is used as the equivalent of a [[trophy]] and awarded to the winner of a championship in a sport. *[[Dance belt]], an undergarment worn by male dancers. *[[Kégresse track|Belt track]], the common term for [[Kégresse track]], a kind of track drive that uses reinforced flexible belts instead of linked belts for traction. *[[Chastity belt]] *In [[automobile]]s: ** A safety or [[seat belt]]. ** [[Fan belt]]. ** An [[engine]] [[timing belt]]. *[[Photon belt]] *[[Vocal belting]], a [[singing]] technique. *[[Belt (recording artist)]] * In [[astronomy]]: ** An [[asteroid belt]] or "main belt is a cluster of asteroids orbiting a star. There is one in this solar system, located between Mars and Jupiter. ** The [[Kuiper belt]] is an area of the solar system extending from within the orbit of Neptune. Objects within the Kuiper Belt are referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (a type of minor planet) or [[asteroids]] ** The Oort Belt or [[Oort cloud]] is located outside the orbit [[scattered disc]] and [[Pluto]]'s orbit where comets are presumed to be formed *In [[geology]] and [[geography]], a belt is a [[region]] with a roughly elongated form, or sometimes a sequence of roughly parallel forms, as in **[[Belt regions of Canada|"Belt" regions of Canada]] **[[Belt regions of the United States|"Belt" regions of the United States]] As a geographical name it also refers to the following places: *[[The Belts]] are the straits of the [[Baltic Sea]] between [[Germany]], [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]]. In particular the [[little Belt]] is referenced in the first stanza of [[Das Lied der Deutschen]], a [[German national anthem]] (the first stanza is no longer used). *[[Belt, Montana]] is a small city in [[Cascade County, Montana]], [[United States|U.S.]] *[[Belt (Netherlands)]], a small village on the former island of [[Wieringen]], in the Dutch province of [[North Holland]] In [[fast food]], a B.E.L.T. (Bacon, Egg, Lettuce, Tomato) is a sandwich available at [[Tim Hortons]] restaurants. {{seealso|Balteus}} {{disambig}} [[de:Gürtel (Begriffsklärung)]] [[el:Ζώνη]] [[he:חגורה (פירושונים)]] [[nl:Belt]] [[ja:ベルト]] [[pl:Pas]] [[ru:Ремень]] [[sr:Појас]] [[fi:Belt]] [[sv:Bälte]]