banding

banding
    n 1: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes
         exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow
         banding of bees and wasps" [syn: {band}, {banding},
         {stria}, {striation}]
    2: an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or
       material [syn: {band}, {banding}, {stripe}]
    

Band \Band\ (b[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Banding}.]
   1. To bind or tie with a band.
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   2. To mark with a band.
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   3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. "Banded
      against his throne." --Milton.
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   {Banded architrave}, {Banded pier}, {Banded shaft}, etc.
      (Arch.), an architrave, pier, shaft, etc., of which the
      regular profile is interrupted by blocks or projections
      crossing it at right angles.
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banding \banding\ n.
   A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material.

   Syn: band, stripe.
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