banding (n.)

  1. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands; the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps

    [ Syn: band , stria , striation ]

  2. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

    [ Syn: band , stripe ]

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