OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4260

band

/bænd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cinta • franja
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
banda
A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
pasmo
A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
valence band; conduction band
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📚 noun • entry_id 4261

band

/bænd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
banda • grupo
A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
musical band
session band
banda
A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
"My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the…
But in the mean time Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in th…
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