Crossword clues for banding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
banding \banding\ n. A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material.
Syn: band, stripe.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A pattern of band-like markings. 2 A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings. vb. (present participle of band English)
WordNet
Wikipedia
Banding is a medical procedure which uses elastic bands for constriction. Banding may be used to tie off blood vessels in order to stop bleeding, as in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices. The band restricts blood flow to the ligated tissue, so that it eventually dies and sloughs away from the supporting tissue. This same principle underlies banding as treatment for hemorrhoids.
Banding may also be used to restrict the function of an organ without killing it. In gastric banding to treat obesity, the size of the stomach is reduced so that digestion is slowed and the patient feels full more quickly.
Banding as a medical procedure is commonly used in livestock for male castration of sheep and cattle. Banding is also commonly done in tail docking of lambs to prevent flystrike, and less commonly, used to dock tails of dairy cattle and draft horses. The bands are applied at the base of the scrotum or desired tail site, restricting blood flow to the scrotum or tail tissue, which eventually dies and sloughs away from the body. The procedure is frequently performed by trained farm personnel using recommendations by a licensed veterinarian and local agricultural extension agents.
Banding may refer to:
- Banding (medical), procedures that use elastic bands for constriction
- Colour banding, an inaccuracy in computer graphics
- G banding, a genetic technique
- Minor variations in outputs from printers and photocopiers that allow forensic identification
- Bird banding or bird ringing, the practice of attaching small tags for field research
- Another name for strapping, the process of applying a strap to an item to combine, hold, reinforce, or fasten it, or the strap or band itself
- Ability grouping, the educational practice of placing students into groups based on their abilities, talents or achievements
Usage examples of "banding".
He turned round balefully, thrust his head between the top and centre banding bars, and tried to scramble through.
Banding together throughout the cities of the world, the Scrappers were constantly on the move, always looking over their shoulders for either the Recycling Squad or the Silver Metal Stompers.
Sasaquon a high position if he distracts the other warranters and keeps you from being healthy and strong and banding together.
Tony unloaded his birds, carting his pigeons in cage by cage for banding, barely paying attention.
Against one wall were ranged massive stationary wine casks larger in diameter than the tunnel below, their staves and bandings darkened with age.
Ants can be kept away by sprinkling bonemeal or diatomaceous earth (use a mask and goggles) around the base of the plants and by wrapping and banding the tree trunk or plant stem with a sticky substance or grease.
Just a diffuseness of light ever changing, shifting, banding and breaking, apart.
The huge double doors were cut from black granite and reinforced with duranium edge banding.
We are an organization that honors individual philosophies and ways of life, banding together out of no other motivation than mutual protection, and sharing in the wonders of each other’s cultures.
There were times when Jupiter shone so brilliantly that one could see the banding and pick out the moons.
I'd bet they've promised Sasaquon a high position if he distracts the other warranters and keeps you from being healthy and strong and banding together.
By this time the decks are awash with banding cables and weather stripping and broken boards.