Belt
in astronomy, a varying number of dusky, belt-like bands or zones encircling the planet Jupiter parallel to his equator, as if the clouds of his atmosphere had been forced into a series of parallels through the rapidity of his rotation, and the dark body of the planet was seen through the comparatively clear spaces between.
In physical geography, two passages or straits connecting the Baltic with the German Ocean, viz.: (a) the Great Belt, between the islands of Seeland and Laland on the N. and Fühnen and Langeland, on the W. (b) The Little Belt, between the mainland of Denmark on the W., and the island of Fühnen on the E.
BELUCHISTAN. See BALUCHISTAN.
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