Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to:
Biology
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Mouse erythroleukemia cell line
The mouse-derived erythroleukemia cell line F4N (MEL) is an aneuploid cell line, comes from mouse inbred strain DBA/2. It was established in 1977. Eight percent of the total number of cells in culture undergo spontaneous apoptosis
Apoptosis (fro ...
(MEL)
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National Herbarium of Victoria
The National Herbarium of Victoria ( Index Herbariorum code: MEL) is one of Australia's earliest herbaria and the oldest scientific institution in Victoria. Its 1.5 million specimens of preserved plants, fungi and algae—collectively known a ...
, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL
People
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Mel (given name) Mel can be the abbreviated version of the given names Melvyn, Melvin, Melfyn, Melanie, Melika, Melhem, Melina, Melinda, Melody, Melissa, Melita /Melitta, Melchior, Melindro or Melville. It is also a standalone name from the Gaelic ''Maol'', meani ...
, the abbreviated version of several given names (including a list of people with the name)
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Mel (surname) Mel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Mele Mel (born Melvin Glover in 1961), hip-hop musician and songwriter
*Pepe Mel (born 1963), Spanish retired footballer and current manager of Real Betis
*Ashantha de Mel (born 1959), Sri ...
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Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952)Encyclopædia BritannicaManuel Zelaya/ref> is a Honduran politician who was President of Honduras from 27 January 2006 until 28 June 2009, and who since January 2022 serves as the first Fir ...
, former president of Honduras, nicknamed "Mel"
Places
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Mel, Veneto
Mel was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about north of Venice and about southwest of Belluno and about northeast of Feltre.
Overview
The territory of Mel is home to the medie ...
, an ex-comune in Italy
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Mel Moraine Mel Moraine () is a moraine at the north end of the Gagarin Mountains, in the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos and surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956†...
, a moraine in Antarctica
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Melbourne Airport
Melbourne Airport , colloquially known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, and the second busiest airport in Australia. It opened in 1970 to replace the nearby Essendon Airport. Melbourne Airport is t ...
(IATA airport code)
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Mels
Mels is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland in the Seeztal, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
History
Mels is first mentioned in 765 as ''Maile'' though this comes from a later copy of the original document. In ...
, a municipality in Switzerland
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Métropole Européenne de Lille
The Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL; en, "European Metropolis of Lille") is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, composed by a network of big cities (Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Armentières etc.) whose major c ...
(MEL), the intercommunality of Lille in France
Technology and engineering
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Maya Embedded Language
The Maya Embedded Language (MEL) is a scripting programming language, scripting language used to simplify tasks in Autodesk, Autodesk's 3D Graphics Software Maya (software), ''Maya''. Most tasks that can be achieved through Maya's GUI can be achie ...
, a scripting language used in the 3D graphics program Maya
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Michigan eLibrary, an online service of the Library of Michigan
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Ford MEL engine
Ford developed the MEL ("Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln") engine series as the replacement for the Lincoln Y-block V8 engine for use in large passenger car applications. These engines were produced in Lima, Ohio at Ford's Lima Engine plant. They were in tu ...
, a "Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln" engine series
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Minimum equipment list, a categorized list of instruments and equipment on an aircraft
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Miscellaneous electric load Miscellaneous electric loads (MELs) in buildings are electric loads resulting from a multitude of devices (electronic and other) excluding main systems for space heating, cooling, water heating, or lighting.Roth, K., McKenney, K., Brodrick, J. "Smal ...
, the electricity use of appliances, electronics and other small electric devices in buildings
Arts and entertainment
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''Mel'' (film), a 1998 film with Ernest Borgnine
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''Mel'' (album), a 1979 album by Maria Bethânia
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Portal Stories: Mel, a mod of the video game Portal 2
Other uses
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Mel languages
The Mel languages are a branch of Niger–Congo languages spoken in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The most populous is Temne, with about two million speakers; Kissi is next, with half a million.
Languages
Mel has tradition ...
, spoken in western Africa
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Mel scale
The mel scale (after the word ''melody'')
is a perceptual scale of pitches judged by listeners to be equal in distance from one another. The reference point between this scale and normal frequency measurement is defined by assigning a perce ...
, a scale for measuring auditory pitches as perceived by the human ear
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Midland Expressway Ltd
The M6 Toll, referred to on signs as the Midland Expressway (originally named the Birmingham Northern Relief Road or BNRR), and stylised as M6toll, connects M6 Junction 3a at the Coleshill Interchange to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with ...
, operator of the UK M6 Toll road
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Musical Electronics Library
The Musical Electronics Library (or MEL) is a lending library of homemade electronic musical devices in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, and is a worldwide leader in the Scavengetronica movement.
The library contains electrolytic capacitors, ...
, a lending library of homemade electronic musical devices in New Zealand
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Mullard Equipment Limited
Mullard Limited was a British manufacturer of electronic components. The Mullard Radio Valve Co. Ltd. of Southfields, London, was founded in 1920 by Captain Stanley R. Mullard, who had previously designed thermionic valves for the Admiralt ...
, a former British electronics company
* Minimum Equipment List, a regulation for airplanes - see
Master minimum equipment list
In aviation safety, master minimum equipment list, or MMEL, is a categorized list of on-board systems, instruments and equipment that may be inoperative for flight in a specified aircraft model. Procedures or conditions may be associated with item ...
* ''Mel'', an online magazine published by
Dollar Shave Club
Dollar Shave Club is an American company based in Venice, California, that delivers razors and other personal grooming products to customers by mail. It delivers razor blades on a monthly basis and offers additional grooming products for home del ...
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Honey
Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...
, as often shown in ingredients with its Latin name
See also
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Mel's (disambiguation) Mel's may refer to:
* Mel's Diner, the setting for the 1976–1985 TV series ''Alice''
* Mel's Drive-In, a restaurant chain
* Mel's Hole, an urban legend about a geographic anomaly
See also
* Mel (disambiguation)
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Mad Mel (disambiguation) Mad Mel is a Canadian-born Australian former disc jockey.
Mad Mel may refer to:
* Mel Gibson DUI incident
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Melvin Purvis
Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an American law enforcement official and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. Given the nickname "Little Mel" because of his short, frame, Purvis became noted for leadi ...
(1903–1960), American law enforcement official nicknamed "Little Mel"
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Mell
Mell (stylized as MELL) is a female Japanese singer from Sapporo, Japan, who is signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She is a former member of the Sapporo-based I've Sound, and one of its main vocalists. Mell has contributed vocals to seve ...
, Japanese singer
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