band has definitions from the fields of electricity,music
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[ noun ] an unofficial association of people or groups

Synonyms

circle lot set

Examples

"the smart set goes there" "they were an angry lot"

Used in print

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

A band of robbers enters a railroad_station , overpowers and ties_up the telegraph_operator , holds_up the train and escapes .

As a finale is appended a close-up of one of the band taking_aim and firing his revolver straight at the audience .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Figures seemed to crouch in the surrounding dark ; in the distance he saw a band of men who seemed to advance and retreat even as he watched .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

His being and His will - Stevie could not divide God from his Papa - illumined every parish face , turned the choir into a band of angels , and the pulpit into the tollgate to Heaven .

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

But while the two men are riding into the country , where they are going to dinner , they are attacked in the dark of the forest by a band of thieves , who strip them of everything , including most of their clothes .

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[ noun ] (music) instrumentalists not including string players

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

Such fascinating novelties in the score as the fugual treatment of `` On_the_Side_of_the_Angels '' and `` Politics_and_Poker '' were handled splendidly , and I thought Rudy_Bond and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made `` Little_Tin_Box '' even better than it was done by the New_York cast ; all the words of its clever lyrics came_through with perfect clarity .

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

Carrying it to the living_room , she imagined the picture she made : tall and roundly slim , a_bit sophisticated in her yellow sheath , with a graceful swingy walk that she had learned as a twirler with the school band .

3
[ noun ] a stripe of contrasting color

Synonyms

striation stria

Examples

"chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

An infrared_spectrum , obtained by H._A._Benesi and R._G._Snyder of this laboratory , showed bands in the positions found by Jones .

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

The unstained strips were then marked , using the stained ones as a guide , and cut transversely so as to separate the various protein bands .

Related terms

stripe stretch_mark striate

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[ noun ] a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

Synonyms

stripe banding

Used in print

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

Painters left less and less of a vase in a plain dark color ; instead they divided the surface into many bands or covered it by all-over patterns into which freehand drawing began to creep .

Wavy lines , feather like patterns , rosettes of indefinitely floral nature , birds either singly or in stylized rows , animals in solemn frieze bands ( see Plates 11 - 12 ) - all these turned_up in the more developed fabrics as preliminary signs that the potters were broadening their gaze .

5
[ noun ] (music) a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

This features the marching songs of several nations , recorded as though the various national bands were marching by your reviewing_stand .

6
[ verb ] bind or tie together, as with a band

Used in print

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

The door of the lockup was of oak planks and banded with strap iron .

Related terms

tie

7
[ noun ] something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

His eyes had the same dreadful rigid stare as Dr._Grimesby_Roylott 's when he was found before his open safe wearing the speckled band .

8
[ noun ] (electricity) a range of frequencies between two limits

Used in print

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

A band viscometer is shown in Figure 2 .

Related terms

channel range frequency_band

9
[ noun ] a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

Synonyms

ring

Related terms

strip ring

10
[ noun ] jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

Synonyms

ring

Examples

"she had rings on every finger" "he noted that she wore a wedding band"

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23232
12
[ verb ] attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

Synonyms

ring

Examples

"ring birds" "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

Related terms

attach

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[ noun ] put around something to hold it together
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