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Belt may refer to:
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Apparel [link]
- Belt (clothing), a band worn around the waist
- Championship belt, 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 kyū ranking system
- Breast belt
Mechanical and vehicular [link]
- Belt (mechanical), a looped strip of material used to link multiple rotating shafts
- Conveyor belt, a device for transporting goods along a fixed track
- Seat belt, a safety device in automobiles
- Timing belt, part of an internal combustion engine
- Belt track, a type of track used on Caterpillar-style vehicles
Places [link]
- Belt (Netherlands)
- Belt, Montana, United States
- Belt Parkway, a series of highways around New York City, United States
- The Belts, 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 Bălţi, Moldova
Astronomy [link]
- Asteroid belt, a region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter
- Gould Belt, a partial ring of stars representing the local spiral arm to which the Sun belongs
- Kuiper belt, a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune
- Orion's Belt, three stars in the constellation Orion
Other uses [link]
- Belt (firearm), a device used to feed cartridges into a firearm
- Belt (music), a singing technique
- Judas belt, a firework
- Photon belt, a New Age belief
- Belt problem, a mathematics problem
- Belt Supergroup, a group of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks
- Thomas Belt (1832–1878), English geologist and naturalist
- Brandon Belt, professional baseball player
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Belt (firearms)
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. Belt-fed systems minimize the proportional weight of the ammunition to the feeding device along with allowing high rates of continuous fire.
Belts were originally composed of canvas or cloth with pockets spaced evenly to allow the belt to be mechanically fed into the gun. These designs were prone to malfunctions due to the effects of oil and other contaminants altering the belt. Later belt designs used permanently connected metal links to retain the cartridges during feeding. These belts were more tolerant to exposure to solvents and oil. Many weapons designed to use non-disintegrating or canvas belts are provided with machines to automatically reload these belts with loose rounds or rounds held in stripper clips. In use during World War I, reloaders allowed ammunition belts to be recycled quickly to allow practically continuous fire.
Belt, North Holland
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 ("bult") that it lies on. It is not named on recent topographical maps, where it is considered to be a part of Hippolytushoef.
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Coordinates: 52°54′18″N 4°57′5″E / 52.90500°N 4.95139°E
