The inverted bell is a metaphorical name for geometric shape that resembles a bell upside down.
In architecture, the term is applied, e.g., 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.
The inverted bell curve is sometimes called well curve.
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A bell
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Bell-mouth spillway at Llyn Celyn
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Inverted-bell beakers from the Beaker culture
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Vorticella protozoa
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Bell krater
Famous quotes containing the words inverted and/or bell:
“Ulysses ... is a dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt succeed where sweetness and light failed, a simplification of the human character in the interests of Hell.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.
Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)