Band

Look up band in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Band may refer to a specific group:

• Band (music), a company of musicians
• Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths used in radio transmission
• Band (algebra), an idempotent semigroup
• Band society, a small group of humans in a simple form of society
• A herd or flock of animals, such as gorillas or coyotes

Band can refer to a thin strip of material in a loop:

• such as a rubber band or a wedding ring
• Bands (neckwear), two pieces of cloth fitted around the neck as part of formal clothing for clergy, academics and lawyers
• Bird banding, placing a numbered bands of metal on birds\' legs for identification
• Bandolier - ammunition belt
• A paper strip placed around a book for promotional purposes.

In metals and semiconductors, band can refer to:

• Valence band
• Conduction band
• Band gap

Band can also refer to:

• The primary unit of First Nations Government (Canada)
• Band, Mureş in Romania
• Bánd, a village in Hungary
• The Band, a Canadian-American rock and roll group
  • The Band (album), its eponymous album released in 1969
• Brazilian broadcast television network Rede Bandeirantes
• Spectral bands are part of optical spectra of polyatomic systems
• Band cells, a type of white blood cell

See also

• Banding

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia