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Definition: Band |
BandNoun1. An unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot". 2. Instrumentalists not including string players. 3. A stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands". 4. A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material. 5. A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing. 6. A range of frequencies between two limits. 7. Something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs. 8. Jewelry consisting of a circular band of a precious metal worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger". 9. Put around something to hold it together. Verb1. Bind or tie together, as with a band. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "band" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | The narrower widths of lighter gauge flat rolled steels. Source: European Union. (references) |
Aerospace | 1. = frequency band. 2. = absorption band. 3. A group of tracks on a magnetic drum.4. = auroral band. See aurora. (references) |
Computing | A group of magnetic tracks on a magnetic drum or magnetic disk store. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A group of tracks on a magnetic drum or on one side of a magnetic disk. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | On a phonograph record. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | The maximum permitted range within which a currency is allowed to move against a reference currency. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Any number of sheep or goats managed as a single unit under range conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Belt of flat rectangular section. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or more bones, cartilages or other structures, or serving as support for fasciae or muscles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Shale or other rock interstratified with coal, e.g., dirt band, sulfur band, etc. b. A thin stratum or lamina of conspicuous lithology or color. A group of such layers is described as being banded. CF:parting c. Any well-defined and widespread thin rock deposit that is of value in correlation. d. Slate or other rock interstratified with coal, commonly called middle band in Arkansas; also, dirt band, sulfur band, or other band, as the case may be e.g., dirt band, sulfur band, etc. b. A thin stratum or lamina of conspicuous lithology or color. A group of such layers is described as being banded. CF:parting c. Any well-defined and widespread thin rock deposit that is of value in correlation. d. Slate or other rock interstratified with coal, commonly called middle band in Arkansas; also, dirt band, sulfur band, or other band, as the case may be. (references) |
Occupations | Two plies of rubberized fabric pressed together with ends joined to form endless strip used in building pneumatic tires. (references) |
Science | In radio, a continuous sequence of broadcasting frequencies within given limits. In radiometry, a relatively narrow region of the electromagnetic spectrum to which a remote sensor responds; a multispectral sensor makes measurements in a number of spectral bands. In spectroscopy, spectral regions where atmospheric gases absorb (and emit) radiation, e.g., the 15 µm carbon dioxide absorption band, the 6.3 µm water vapor absorption band, and the 9.6 µm ozone absorption band. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | Woven bands used parachutes up to a weight of 50 g/sq m. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Band has several meanings:
In radio, a band is a section of radio spectrum.
A band is a strip of material in a loop, used for binding, such as a rubber band.
A band is a group of musicians playing parts of a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. See musical band.
See also The Band, the Canadian/American rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In a similar sense, a band can also refer to a group of people who are bound together by a common cause, especially if it is one not officially sanctioned by authority. eg. 'band' of pirates or brigands, 'band' of rebels, 'robber band'.
A band can be a "broad" line or curve.
See also:
- bandana
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A band is a small spectrum of radio communication frequencies, usually used for the same purpose.Examples:
- aircraft band (108~136MHz)
- FM broadcast band (88~108MHz)
- upper VHF TV band (174~216MHz in the Americas)
- L band (1452~1492MHz) for digital radio (DAB) outside the U.S
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- AC/DC
- Aerosmith
- Alice Cooper
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Bad Company
- Big Star
- Black Crowes
- Black Sabbath
- Blue Oyster Cult
- Bob Seger
- Bon Jovi
- Boston
- Cheap Trick
- The Clash
- Collective Soul
- Counting Crows
- David Bowie
- Deep Purple
- Def Leppard
- The Dictators
- Faces
- Foreigner
- Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
- Free
- Grand Funk Railroad
- The Guess Who
- Guns N' Roses
- Humble Pie
- J. Geils Band
- James Gang
- Jimi Hendrix
- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- Johnny Thunder
- The Kinks
- KISS
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- MC5
- Montrose
- Mötley Crüe
- Motorhead
- Mott the Hoople
- Neil Young
- The New York Dolls
- Oasis
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Pearl Jam
- The Pretenders
- Queen
- Quiet Riot
- The Replacements
- Rod Stewart
- The Rolling Stones
- Rush
- Santana
- Slade
- Steppenwolf
- The Stooges
- Styx
- T. Rex
- Thin Lizzy
- Tom Petty
- Urge Overkill
- Van Halen
- Weezer
- The Who
- ZZ Top
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of hard rock musicians."
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A musical band is a group of musicians playing parts of a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. Bands can be composed of practically any combination of musicians. However, which instruments are found in a band is often determined by the style of music being played and, to an even greater degree, the specific piece being played.
Types of bands
- big band
- bluegrass band
- boy band
- concert band (aka wind band, symphonic band)
- girl band
- jazz band
- jug band
- marching band
- military band
- composite group
- pop group
- punk band
- rock band
- salsa band
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Pitchshifter are a British metal band from Nottingham. They are known for their innovative use of drum machines and samples. They fuse metal and dance music in a similar manner to Fear Factory. They broke up in 2003, after playing a farewell club tour in the UK.
Discography
- Submit (1992)
- Desensitized (1993)
- Remix War (1995)
- Infotainment (1996)
- Www.Pitchshifter.Com (1998)
- Deviant (2000)
- PSI (2002)
- Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded (2003)
External links
- Pitchshifter's official site
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Rock band is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specialising in a particular form of electronically amplified music. Deriving its name from the musical style which was its immediate progenitor, rock and roll, the type of music played by rock bands has its roots deeply steeped in both rock and roll, and its immediate forebear, rhythm and blues. A rock band tends to have a heavy focus on certain instruments principally electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums. Later in the 1960s, certain rock bands such as Pink Floyd and Hawkwind experimented with electric organs and synthesisers. Other instruments deployed within the context of a rock band include the electric violin, as used by Curved Air and the flute played by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.Many early rock bands were in the vanguard of psychedelic music and the complexities arising largely led to rock music becoming a generic term broader than "rock and roll".
See also: list of rock and roll performers, list of popular music performers, musical genres
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BAND | English | Bureau of Aeronautical Navy Department | Transportation |
| CA BAND NUMB | English | Number of frequency band that contains the cell allocation | Computing |
| CA BAND NUMB | Greek | αριθμός της ζώνης συχνοτήτων που περιέχει την εκχώρηση κυψέλης | Computing |
| BAMS | English | Band Archiv Management Service | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BandSynonyms: banding (n), circle (n), dance band (n), dance orchestra (n), lot (n), ring (n), set (n), stria (n), striation (n), stripe (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: in-band (post & telecom). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assemblage | Crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host;crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host; (multitude); populousness. |
Circularity | Circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo. |
Connection | Fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim; suspenders. |
Cooperation | Conduce; combine, unite one;s efforts; keep together, draw together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together; pool; stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder; act in concert, join forces, fraternize, cling to one another, conspire, concert, lay one;s heads together; confederate, be in league with; collude, understand one another, play into the hands of, hunt in couples. |
Filament | Strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving. |
Outline | Zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt; cordon; (inclosure); circlet,. |
Party | Noun: party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band. horde, posse, phalanx; family, clan; team; tong. |
Preparation | Prepared; Verb: in readiness; ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table; in gear; in working order,in working gear; snug; in practice. |
Prison | Yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle; rein, reins; bearing rein; martingale; leading string; tether, picket, band, guy, chain; cord; (fastening); cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons. |
Sobriety | Water-drinker; hydropot; prohibitionist; teetotaler, teetotalist; abstainer, Good Templar, band of hope. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Band |
| English words defined with "band": absorption band, arm band ♦ big band, brake band, Brass band ♦ cigar band ♦ elastic band ♦ frequency band, Full band ♦ jazz band ♦ mourning band ♦ Rain band, rock band, rubber band ♦ steel band, String band ♦ Wind band, wrist band. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "band": Augustus band ♦ balancing band, BAND ATTACHER, BAND BUILDER, band conveyor, band dendrometer, band elimination filter, Band Gap, BAND MAKER, band rejection filter, BAND SALVAGER, band scale, band splicer, band straightener, band wander ♦ cloud band, Conduction Band ♦ dirt band ♦ forbidden band ♦ gravity band, growth band ♦ high-mobility conduction band minimum ♦ Italian band ♦ Joy extensible steel band ♦ K band, kink band, knick band ♦ medium band, modulation band ♦ ORTHODONTIC BAND MAKER ♦ partially occupied band ♦ Q band ♦ radar band, radiofrequency band ♦ Shadow Band, shale band, Sons of the Band, Spectral Band Replication, stone band ♦ unoccupied band ♦ Valence Band ♦ wide band. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "band": Wreath. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Band" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (binding, strip, tape, tire, tyre), Dutch (band, binding, bond, border, braid, brim, brink, cover, edge, edging, fillet, fringe, ligament, orchestra, ray, ribbon, rim, string, strip, stripe, tape, tie, tire, tyre, volume), Faeroese (binding, bond, cord, ribbon, rope, string, strip, tape, tie), German (assembly line, band, belt, bond, cement, connection, conveyor belt, frequency band, group, hoop, lace, league, ligament, ligated, line, reel, ribbon, strap, string, stripe, tape, tie, track, volume, wavelength), Swedish (band, bands, belt, bevy, bind, binding, bond, bonds, cover, fret, gang, hoop, lead, leash, ligament, orchestra, restraint, ribbon, sling, string, tape, tie, tied, volume), Welsh (band, binding). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We are Band Aids (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) Irony is a bunch of idiots singing a song on plane made famous by a band that died in a plane crash (Con Air; writing credit: Scott Michael Rosenberg.) Well, there's no publicity so there's no people; Gutter never showed up so there's no beer; the instruments just blew out so there's no band; and I think Raji and Deeje may be dead (PCU; writing credit: Adam Leff; Zak Penn) Well maybe the world's lending libraries will band together and hire an assassin (Death on the Nile; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Anthony Shaffer) Bon, the other boys of the band say that you're great, but a little special you know what they mean by that (AC/DC: Let There Be Rock; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) | |
Lyrics | Oh! I'm playin' in a Travelin' Band; (TRAVELIN' BAND; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) The leader of the band is tired (Leader Of The Band; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg) We're an American band. (We're An American Band; performing artist: Grand Funk Railroad) We're just the singers in a rock and roll band. (I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band); performing artist: The Moody Blues) Because the next day the cap' went out and drafted the band. (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bazaar Band Karo (1974) Am laufenden Band (1972) Band of Gypsys: Live at the Fillmore East (1970) The Boys in the Band (1970) Krapp's laatste band (1969) | |
Song Titles | Band Of Gold (performing artist: Freda Payne) We're an American Band (performing artist: Grand Funk Railroad) Band On The Run (performing artist: Paul McCartney & Wings) Old MacDonald Had A Band (performing artist: Raffi) RUBBER BAND MAN (performing artist: SPINNERS) | |
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 | Purified DNA, fluorescing orange under UV light, is extracted and used for molecular biology studies. The purified DNA, in a cesium chloride gradient, binds to the ethidium bromide dye which absorbs UV light and makes the DNA fluoresce orange. This visualization of a single band of DNA aids in the isolation and extraction of the DNA for future molecular biology studies. Credit: Mike Mitchell (photographer). |  | Laboratory worker reviewing DNA band pattern. Credit: CDC. |
 | Plasmodium malariae band form trophozoite in blood smear. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | The Green (V band) image (left) shows the field around the quasar 3c 273 (courtesy Matthew ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Triple band on Europa. Credit: NASA. |  | The MacDonnell Ranges are a band of mountains spanning Australia's arid interior. Only a portion of the Ranges can be seen in this image. Credit: NASA. |
 | Photo #2. Compare this cross-section to the previous image. Notice the greater width of the outer band. This is because the first cross-section was from a bluefin tuna caught in June while the second was from a tuna caught in November. The wider area represents a long period of high food intake during summer/ autumn months. These images are greatly magnified. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Sea surface from approximately 500 feet altitude in Hurricane Belle. Flying through rain band. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | Iceland with sea ice to the north (A), a frontal band to the south (E), and parallel bands of cumuliform clouds to the east (B). TIROS IX photograph, pass 715/714, camera 2, frame 2. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | A North Pacific extratropical cyclone as seen from TIROS VIII, pass 764/762, camera I, frame 13. The easternmost cloud band suggests frontal clouds, the center band with transverse elements appears to be associated with the jet stream, while the westernmost thin band is highly unusual. Picture of the Month , "Monthly Weather Review," May 1964. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
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| "African brass band" by John Philip Commentary: "African brass band." | "Band playing" by Denis R. Commentary: "Band playing live a gig in Brighton promenade." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A digital big band style excerpt typical of the retro-swing genre featuring synthesized brass and percussion. . | | A piece very characteristic of the band ABC from the 1980's. |
| A full Latin jazz band playing backgrounds and solos. | | Floaty-sounding excerpt almost in the style of the 1980's band ABC. |
| An electric jazz band playing an uptempo hard bop style piece. | | A synthesized rock band characteristic of the mid-1980's. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Bill Hicks | I don't do drugs any more...than the average touring funk band. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | As the parson has ever gone band in hand with the landlord, so has Clerical Socialism with Feudal Socialism. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The privates of that band were as heroic as their generals |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He could hear the band playing The Lily of Killarney and knew that in a few moments the curtain would go up. |
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions | Neil Gaiman | Benjamin Lassiter was coming to the unavoidable conclusion that the woman who had written A Walking Tour of the British Coastline, the book he was carrying in his backpack, had never been on a walking tour of any kind, and would probably not recognize the British coastline if it were to dance through her bedroom at the head of a marching band, singing 'I'm the British Coastline' in a loud and cheerful voice while accompanying itself on the kazoo |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Got the nicest strang band in these parts |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Infected areas in Africa lie in a band between the Sahara and the equator. (references) | |
When you go to a restaurant, do not sit near the kitchen or near a band playing music. (references) | ||
Rubber band ligation--A rubber band is placed around the base of the hemorrhoid inside the rectum. (references) | ||
Business | The data and broad band services market has many powerful already established companies. (references) | |
The service is provided in four different bands in the 800 MHz range and an additional band in the 400 MHz range. (references) | ||
To lower these costs, regional providers use radio relay channels that are outdated and unreliable, or voice band frequencies of Ukrtelecom. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Liberia | Radio Veritas continued to broadcast on the FM band during the year. (references) |
Economic History | Monaco | Flag: Top band red; bottom white. (references) |
Botswana | Flag: Blue field with horizontal, white-edged black band in the center. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | In January a rebel band seized a foreign humanitarian assistance worker in Chechnya and held him for a few weeks before releasing him unharmed. (references) |
Political Economy | URUGUAY | The band currently rises by 15.3 percent per year. (references) |
SOUTH AFRICA | A CPIX band of three to six percent for the year 2002 was set as target. (references) | |
Trade | Ecuador | Several agricultural goods are subject to the Andean price band system that protects local producers. (references) |
Ukraine | This band is obtained at the customs checkpoint and has an assigned number, which is designated on the customs declaration. (references) | |
Colombia | The Andean Community price band system lacks transparency and can be manipulated to provide arbitrary levels of import protection. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Regis Philbin | This walk, the fans kind of cleared the way for the Notre Dame band to come down this little avenue, this walkway, into the stadium. And it's quite a thrill to hear that band up close. |
Tim McGraw | Studio musicians. Which are the great musicians, the best in the world. I wanted a sound that I could only get with my band. To me, this feels like a whole new career. It just feels like a new group. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | After a harassing warfare, prolonged by the nature of the country and by the difficulty of procuring subsistence, the Indians were entirely defeated, and the disaffected band dispersed or destroyed. |
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| "Band" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.60% of the time. "Band" is used about 6,742 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.6% | 6,715 | 1,438 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.39% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,742 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "band" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Band | Last name | 400 | 23,232 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "band". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Gad | N/A | Biblical | A band |
| Hazargaddah | N/A | Biblical | Imprisoned band |
| Iddo | N/A | Biblical | His band |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "band": absorption band ♦ allocated frequency band ♦ allocation of a frequency band ♦ Amniotic Band Syndrome ♦ ankle band ♦ arm band ♦ Augustus band ♦ auroral band ♦ axis band ♦ balancing band ♦ Band 3 Protein ♦ band aid ♦ band articulation ♦ band brake ♦ band chain ♦ band conveyor ♦ band dendrometer ♦ band elimination filter ♦ band fish ♦ band gap ♦ band lug ♦ band major ♦ band of birds ♦ band of friends ♦ band of hope ♦ band of paper ♦ band of soldiers ♦ band oneself ♦ band pressure level ♦ band pulley ♦ band rejection filter ♦ band saw ♦ band shell ♦ band switch ♦ band together ♦ band wagon ♦ beat the band ♦ big band ♦ brake band ♦ brass band ♦ cheek band ♦ cigar band ♦ citizen band ♦ citizen's band ♦ citizens' band ♦ clay band ♦ concert band ♦ conveyor band ♦ dance band ♦ dead band ♦ Diagonal Band of Broca ♦ dirt band ♦ dross band ♦ dual band ♦ elastic band ♦ Falling band ♦ forbidden band ♦ frequency band ♦ front band ♦ Full band ♦ gravity band ♦ growth band ♦ guard band ♦ Guttae band ♦ internationally agreed guard band ♦ inverse segregate band ♦ italian band ♦ jazz band ♦ jazzy band ♦ jug band ♦ K band ♦ kink band ♦ knick band ♦ latitude band ♦ latitudinal band ♦ middle band ♦ military band ♦ modulation band ♦ mourning band ♦ narrow band frequency modulation ♦ negative segregate band ♦ orthodontic band ♦ partially occupied band ♦ pass band ♦ proportional band ♦ proprietary band ♦ Q band ♦ rain band ♦ reef band ♦ rejection band ♦ reversed band ♦ rock band ♦ roll band ♦ rope band ♦ rubber band ♦ scale factor band ♦ scalefactor band ♦ shadow band ♦ slip band ♦ sneck band ♦ spectral band. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "band": Band-Aid, Band-aids, band-box, band-collar, band-cup, band-eliminating, band-fish, band-leader, band-led, band-like, band-master, band-mates, band-members, band-numbers, band-parts, band-pass, band-pass filter, band-room, band-saw, band-sawn, band-saws, band-shapes, band-shift, band-shifting, band-spread, band-stand, band-stop, band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, band-they, band-to-band, band-type, band-wagon, band-wheel, band-wide, band-width, band-wise. | |
Ending with "band": arm-band, big-band, brass-band, breast-band, broad-band, c-band, dance-band, seven-band, three-band, waist-band, wide-band. | |
Containing "band": blues-band-gone-wrong, cross-band operation, In-band signalling, one-band-per-month, Out-of-band signaling, Rib-band lines, Upper Side-Band modulation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
band | 6,307 | lap band | 454 |
dave matthew band | 4,254 | band and artist | 452 |
wedding band | 3,680 | allman brother band | 442 |
band of brother | 1,495 | boston band | 440 |
band in a box | 1,032 | band saw | 428 |
man wedding band | 1,007 | diamond wedding band | 427 |
rock band | 891 | cold band | 424 |
dave matthew band lyrics | 842 | the band | 423 |
dance band | 834 | making the band | 412 |
band name | 828 | average white band | 371 |
tool band | 813 | chicago band | 348 |
march band | 729 | wrist band | 343 |
eagle band | 683 | band t shirt | 342 |
making the band 2 | 658 | little river band | 336 |
watch band | 599 | dave mathews band | 318 |
punk band | 541 | band fund raising | 310 |
arm band tattoo | 485 | heavy metal band | 301 |
platinum wedding band | 471 | steve miller band | 298 |
live band | 470 | music band | 293 |
exercise band | 459 | brand new band | 288 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "band"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skare (accumulation, are, bevy, cluster, collection, crowd, gang, group, heap, herd, mass, multitude, pack, pile, set). (various references) | |
Albanian | bandë (bunch, gang, swathe), bandazh (bandage, patch), brez (belt, cincture, descent, generation, girdle, remove, sash, scarf, streak), bëj vija-vija (streak), lidh me rrip (belt, fillet, strap, tape), damkë (brand), etiketë (decorum, etiquette, label, punctilio, tag, tally, ticket), fashë (bandage, gauze, patch, roller bandage, sling, swathe), fashatim (bandage), kope (drove, herd, pack, parcel, troop), vulë (cachet, die, hallmark, impression, indent, indentation, Mark, seal, stamp), manshetë (cuff, facing, wristband), orkestër (orchestra), rreth fuçie (hoop, lag), rrip (bandeau, belt, cincture, cleat, girdle, leash, riband, ribbon, slat, spline, strap, streak, strip, tape, thong, trace, waist belt), rrip mesi (waistband), shirit (bandage, bar, braid, cleat, colors, colours, edging, fillet, ribbon, sash, scarf, strap, stria, stripe, Taenia, tape, tapeworm), shirit magnetik, të lidhurit (bandaging), fashoj (bandage, dress, swathe). (various references) | |
Arabic | عصبة (bevy, cabal, clique, crew, faction, league, nervousness, platoon, ring, string), رباط (bind, bond, cord, couple, juncture, knot, ligament, ligation, ligature, swathe, truss), ربط بشريط أو عصابة, رهط (group, troop), النطاق, جماعة (association, body, clan, cluster, cohort, company, connection, connexion, corporation, drove, gaggle, gang, group, horde, order, troupe), جمع (accumulate, add, addition, aggregate, ally, amass, assemblage, assemble, be gathered, cast, collect, collecting, collection, combination, combine, compile, compose, congregate, connecting, corral, embody, fund, gather, gathering, glean, go berrying, grouping, herd, ingathering, joining up, lump, marshal, muster, pickup, piece together, pile, pile up, pool, put together, raise, rake, rally, reap, round up, scratch, scratch together, stack, sum, sum up, summation, summing up, tot, total, totalize, unite, uniting), شريط (bar, ribbon, streak, strip, stripe, tape), طوق (be hemmed in, belt, besiege, cincture, circle, circumvent, clip, collar, compass, corral, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, entrench, envelop, fret, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, hoop, impale, inclose, include, invest, outflank, ring, round, strap, surround, take off, zone), فريق (team), عصابة لصوص, زين بطوق, حزام (belly-band, belt, girdle, girth, sash, strap, waistband, webbing, zone), نفر (alien, alienate, dislike, indispose, person, repel, soldier), مجموعة (aggregate, aggregation, assemblage, association, battery, bloc, block, body, case, collection, combination, community, company, compilation, complex, gathering, group, list, pack, party, series, set, squad, suit, system, team, troop), فرقة (brigade, choir, command, sect, squad, troupe), خط (bar, calligraphy, hand, handwriting, line, streak, stria, stripe, trace, writing). (various references) | |
Basque | banda. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съединявам (aggregate, butt, clutch, compound, concatenate, conjoin, couple, impale, incorporate, inosculate, interlock, join, join up, knee, knit, link, marry, mate, piece, piece together, rejoin, splice, tag, tie, tie in, unite), свързвам се (connect, get on to, get through, piece on), сектор (block, sector), ремък (belt, brace, cinch, lanyard, strap, thong), тайфа (boodle, horde, parcel, tribe), група (assortment, bandwagon, batch, body, category, clan, cluster, cohort, crowd, gang, group, knot, party, series, set, society, squad, stirps, suite, troop), обръч (binding, clip, collar, hoop, ring), обединявам (amalgamate, band together, bring together, club, co operate, combine, incorporate, rally, solidify, unify, unite), музика (music), лентов, лента (bar, decoration, riband, ribbon, strap, string, strip, tape), банда (bandwagon, crew, gang, mob, pack, push, ring, set), панделка (bow, braid, fillet, platband, riband, ribbon, snood), ивица (border, edging, fillet, hem, list, slip, strap, streak, stria). (various references) | |
Chinese | 樂隊 , 帶子 (belt), 帶 (and, area, belt, bring, carry, consists of, girdle, lead, region, ribbon, show, wear, zone), 带 (Bands). (various references) | |
Czech | tlupa (gang, troop), stuha (riband, ribbon, streamer, tie), skupina (batch, block, body, bracket, clump, company, gathering, group, head, order, party, section, team, unit), pruh (bar, bicycle lane, streak, strip, stripe, Wale, weal), pás (belt, girdle, strip, waist, waistline), obruè (hoop), kroužek (circle, circlet, club, curl, ring, ringer, round), kapela, houf (bevy, bunch, drove, gaggle, herd, horde, shoal, throng, troop), řemen (belt, strap, thong). (various references) | |
Danish | bande (bevy, blaspheme, curse, cuss, gang, swear). (various references) | |
Dutch | troep (accumulation, are, bevy, clique, cluster, collection, coterie, crowd, gang, good great group, group, heap, herd, junto, mass, multitude, pack, pile, set, troop, troupe), schare (accumula |
