Snell may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Snell (surname) Snell is a Cornish surname.
People
* Annette Snell (1945–1977), American R&B singer
* Belinda Snell (born 1981), Australian basketball player
* Benny Snell (born 1998), American football player
*Bertrand Snell (1870–1958), American politician ...
, list of people and fictional characters with the surname
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Snell (given name) Snell is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Snell Patel
Snell Patel (born 15 October 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy on 6 February 2015. He ...
, list of people with the name
Geography
United States
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Snell, Virginia
Snell is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United ...
, an unincorporated community
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Snell, Wisconsin
The Town"Towns" in Wisconsin perform most of the same functions as townships in many other states. see 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2022,' Town, pp 354-355 of Harrison is located in the northeast corner of Marathon County, Wisconsin, in the United States ...
, an unincorporated community
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Snell Creek
Snell Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 10, 2011 watercourse in Napa County, California. It is situated approximately five miles north of Aetna Springs an ...
, California
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Snell Valley
Snell Valley is a depression landform in Napa County, California. This feature is located approximately five miles north of Aetna Springs, California, Aetna Springs. The valley is noted for its diversity of wildflowers, and within Snell Valley is ...
, California
Antarctica
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Mount Snell
Mount Snell () is the southwesternmost and highest (about 500 m) of the three peaks on Dorsey Island, an island merged within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, off the northwest coast of Alexander Island and situated near the entrance of Haydn Inlet, Antarc ...
Other uses
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Snell Acoustics Snell Acoustics was an American manufacturer of high-end loudspeakers which was founded by Peter Snell (1946-1984)Snell Limited
Snell Limited, branded as Snell Advanced Media or SAM, was a British company that designed and developed solutions for the media production market including applications for central operations, live production, post production, playout and media ...
, a manufacturer of digital media products
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Snell Memorial Foundation
The Snell Memorial Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to provide a high quality standard of safety for helmets. Founded in 1957, the foundation is named after William "Pete" Snell, a popular sports car racer who died in 1956 of head ...
, an organization which provides standard of safety for helmets
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Snell knot
The snell knot is a hitch knot used in angling to attach a fishing line to the ''shank'' (instead of the eye) of a fishing hook
A fish hook or fishhook, formerly also called an angle (from Old English ''angol'' and Proto-Germanic ''*angulaz' ...
, a hitch knot used to attach an eyed fishing hook to fishing line
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Snell station
Snell station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station is served by the Blue Line of the VTA light rail system. It was part of the original ''Guadalupe Line'', the first segment of ligh ...
, a light rail station in San Jose, California
See also
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Snelle (born 1995), Dutch rapper and singer
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Snell's law
Snell's law (also known as the Snell–Descartes law, the ibn-Sahl law, and the law of refraction) is a formula used to describe the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction, when referring to light or other waves passing th ...
, the law of refraction in optics, named after
Willebrord Snellius
Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen) (13 June 158030 October 1626) was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician, commonly known as Snell. His name is usually associated with the law of refraction of light known as Snell's law.
The ...
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Snell Arcade
The Snell Arcade (also known as the Rutland Building) is a historic site in St. Petersburg, Florida. The building was designed by the architect Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliott. Built in 1926, it is located at 405 Central Avenue. On Novemb ...
, a historic site in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Snells, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community
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