band
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4.8
- noun
- /bænd/
- Specialized
:
banda de frecuencias
- White noise consists of a range (or band) of frequencies being generated at equal amplitudes.
- frequency band
- radio band
- telecommunications band
How many states are in this band for N wells?
- How many states are in this band for N wells?
- Now that I've said that, who chose the four band radio and cassette player?
- As soon as you broadcast any signal in the same band as GNSS, you swamp it.
- We as a species cannot survive outside of a very narrow band of pH, right?
- The radiation in the high band are the new millimetre waves.
- They have a marine band, totally different.
- cities, and thanks to their low band towers, it'll even work indoors.
- Now the ones in the top band are actually numbers like the primes.
- And this is only through one, one series of one band of wavelengths.
- And then the market conditions changed within the band of what people thought they could do.
Examples
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That's well within the L-band.
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The affricate sounds were coded using two consecutive bands of noise with different center frequencies and durations.
Academic text (1991) -
We should be able to raise Houston on the low band once we get closer.
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The Americans are contacting us on the emergency band.
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We as a species cannot survive outside of a very narrow band of pH, right?
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Tom hears something on the police band: a call for units to Stuyvesant Town.
Fiction book (1999) -
As soon as you broadcast any signal in the same band as GNSS, you swamp it.
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We inhabit a very narrow band of perceptual space.
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20 years ago... when we destroyed the Mothership we detected a burst... in an X-band frequency... directed toward deep space.
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The technician adjusted the settings to focus on the band used for emergency communications.
Synonyms
12
3.7
All numbers between two values
2
4.2
A range of radio waves used for one purpose, like TV or radio
1
7.0
A range of radio waves used to send signals like TV or radio
A range of radio or sound waves that a filter lets through
The range of signals that a device lets pass while blocking others
Idioms
Compounds
30
3.1
A group of musicians who walk together and play instruments in parades or at sports events
16
3.0
A large group of musicians that plays jazz or dance music with instruments like trumpets and saxophones
- Specialized
2
3.7
A machine with a long thin metal band with teeth that cuts wood or other materials
2
4.4
A person who does many different jobs alone, for example handling tasks or playing several instruments
1
3.5
A large group of musicians who play instruments like flutes, trumpets, and drums in concerts
- Specialized
1
8.1
A dark area in light after it passes through a material that absorbs some colors
- Specialized
A strong flexible strip tightened around a drum or shaft to slow its turning
A wild pigeon from western North America with a broad dark band on its tail
A black band worn on the arm, hat, or uniform to show you are sad for someone who died
A strip of material worn around the wrist for decoration, identification, or to absorb sweat
- Specialized
A band worn on the wrist that has sensors and wireless technology for health tracking, payments, or access
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Band for a range of frequencies is like a strip or area and comes from the same old idea of a 'band' as a strip, so a frequency band is the space between two limits where signals are used.