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banding

banding

1 5.1
A narrow area of a different color or material on clothing and buildings used for decoration
  • noun
  • /ˈbændɪŋ/
translation icon : bandas
  • The artist used bright banding on the fabric to create a vibrant design.
  • edge banding
  • banding patterns
  • wood banding

But you have a vertical striations, right, instead of going that Gray green banding that we've been talking about.

Examples

  • Do you see that psychedelic multi-colored banding on the side of Jaye's dress?

    Blog text (2)
  • I may decide to add some veneer banding for the edges because I don't think I like how the plywood shows its layers there.

    Blog text (34)
  • Each light and dark band together forms one year's worth of growth.

  • And to keep the style lines, maybe do a metallic banding instead.

  • The second scheme happened to be plain, but with white banding out to look like a sort of Ashley Block work.

  • And in this case, you've got a banding around the edge of it.

  • Banding patterns were visualized with an ultraviolet transilluminator.

    Academic text (2002)
  • At the bottom was a door heavier than any he had seen elsewhere in the castle, oak almost solid with iron banding and fastened shut by two great horizontal beams.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Zach surveyed the cardboard carton, fingered the metal banding around the top.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The zebra's natural banding helps it camouflage in the grasslands.

Synonyms

border
vsbanding
224 1.1

An edge around something like a picture or rug used to make it look nicer

is a stripe pattern across a surface rather than only an outer edge
stripe
vsbanding
101 1.0

A long narrow line of color on clothes, flags, or animals

is a pattern formed by several of these lines together
band
vsbanding
63 1.3

A strip of different color or material used as decoration

is a pattern made from multiple such strips
striation
vsbanding
5 8.1

A pattern of stripes of different color, like on animal fur or rock

is any decorative stripe pattern not limited to natural formations
edging
vsbanding
4 4.8

A strip of material that you add along an edge to give a neat, decorative finish

is about interior patterned stripes rather than edge finishing
striping
vsbanding
3 3.2

Long lines of colour put on a surface like clothing or roads

refers to decorative patterns of repeated lines across a surface
stria
vsbanding
  • Specialized
2 9.9

A thin line on a surface that is different in color or texture

is a wider decorative pattern made of many such narrow lines
variegation
vsbanding
1 8.6

Different colours in parts of a plant, like leaves

is regular repeating stripes rather than irregular color patches
crossbanding
vsbanding
  • Specialized
9.3

A thin strip of wood placed across the main wood grain as decoration on furniture edges

covers general stripe patterns, not only applied across grain
ribboning
vsbanding
  • Specialized
8.4

Long thin lines that appear on a surface during making or printing and are unwanted

is a deliberate decorative pattern rather than a production defect
decorative platband
vsbanding
  • Specialized
9.8

A flat strip that makes a door or window frame look nicer

is a general patterned strip used broadly, not only architectural ornament
curtaining
vsbanding
  • Specialized
9.8

A pattern of streaks in a thin film caused by uneven coating

is a decorative color pattern applied intentionally on varied materials

How Zonal

zonality
  • Specialized
8.7
banding
1 5.1

Surface Forms

banding singular
bandings plural

Morphology

banding = band (transparent) = band + ing

The word straightforwardly denotes the presence or arrangement of bands, which is a regular and learnable extension of 'band'.

Etymology

Banding comes from band, an old Germanic word for a 'strip' or something that 'binds', and you can see the same band in headband and wristband. So banding is the act of putting a strip or stripes across something as decoration or as a natural mark.