text: what does the word noel mean?   there a several meanings of noel  # christmas: period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6 wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn  # christmas (literally, the mass of christ) is a holiday in the christian calendar, usually observed on december 25, which celebrates the birth of jesus. according to the christian gospels, jesus was born to mary in bethlehem, where she and her husband joseph had travelled to register in the roman census. christ's birth, or nativity, was said by his followers to fulfill the prophecies of judaism that a messiah would come, from the house of david, to redeem the world from sin. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/noel  # noel is a 2004 drama film, directed by chazz palminteri. the film was set in new york city. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/noel_(movie)  # an exposure level at which there are no statistically or biologically significant increases in the frequency or severity of any effect between the exposed population and its appropriate control (epa 2003a). www.racteam.com/lanlrisk/glossary.htm  # noel stands for no observable effect level. ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/help/msds/msdstermse.html  # this is the greatest concentration or amount of a chemical found by experiment or observation that causes no detectable adverse alteration of morphology, functional capacity, growth, development, or life span of the target organism. the maximum dose or ambient concentration which an organism can tolerate over a specified period of time without showing any detectable adverse effect and above which adverse effects are apparent. see adverse effect. www.bio.hw.ac.uk/edintox/glossall.htm  # the dosage of a pesticide in chronic toxicity studies that results in no discernible harm to experimental animals. www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glossary/glossary_n.shtml  # where the ice-cakes float loosely. www.20000-names.com/dictionary_micmac_02.htm