What's the difference between band and rand?

Band


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
  • (v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
  • (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
  • (v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
  • (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
  • (v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
  • (v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
  • (v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.
  • (v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
  • (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
  • (v. t.) A belt or strap.
  • (v. t.) A bond
  • (v. t.) Pledge; security.
  • (v. t.) To bind or tie with a band.
  • (v. t.) To mark with a band.
  • (v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
  • (v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
  • (v. t.) To bandy; to drive away.
  • () imp. of Bind.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
  • (2) Oligoclonal bands were not detected in any of the sera or CSF.
  • (3) Each profile is described by a simple sequence of band transitions (BT-sequence).
  • (4) A modification of Mason's vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity is presented, along with experience from 62 treated patients.
  • (5) The intensity of the type III specific peptide bands correlates with the type III content of the samples.
  • (6) After Western blot, 2 of the 5 protein bands of swine-cag (27 and 57 kD) and 3 of the 8 protein bands of human cag (27, 32, and 57 kD) reacted with the anti-Toxoplasma antibody used in the ELISA.
  • (7) One major band with a molecular weight of 12,000 was detected by autofluorography and coincided with the Coomassie staining band of apocytochrome c from S. cerevisiae.
  • (8) Sera from three of these patients gave a precipitin band in gel diffusion tests identical to that produced by a monospecific rabbit anti-E. granulosus antigen 5 serum, when tested against whole hydatid fluid.
  • (9) The family history and associated anomalies were recorded and particular attention was paid to temperature gradients and neurocirculatory deficits with respect to band location.
  • (10) A standard protocol is reported for the highly efficient demonstration of replication patterns corresponding to R-type and G-type banding.
  • (11) The field of labeling formed a continuous band from rostro-laterally to caudo-medially.
  • (12) The reason I liked them was because they were a band, and my dad had a band.
  • (13) One of the HEF bands can be separated from two others with beta-alanine as discrete spacer.
  • (14) In all these subjects, fluorescent staining and G-banding on chromosomes from cultured leukocytes confirmed their karyotype.
  • (15) Thus, whereas CD3-associated molecules isolated from polyclonal CD3+WT31+ populations (expanded in IL 2 under the same culture conditions) appeared as diffuse bands, CD3-associated molecules isolated from CD3+WT31- populations displayed a homogeneous molecular mass.
  • (16) Inclusion-forming and non-inclusion-forming elementary bodies focused in one band at pI 4.64.
  • (17) Two Raman bands at 880 and 1360 cm-1 of tryptophan (Trp) side chains have been found useful in structural studies of the side chains in proteins.
  • (18) Results of this sort are reminiscent of several related findings that have been attributed to auditory adaptation or enhancement, or to a temporally developing critical-band filter.
  • (19) The results showed that twenty-eight bands were significantly rearranged (P less than 0.05).
  • (20) The "Mg(2+)-Sarkosyl crystals" (M band) technique distinguishes between membrane-bound and free intracellular DNA.

Rand


Definition:

  • (n.) A border; edge; margin.
  • (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
  • (n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.
  • (v. i.) To rant; to storm.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
  • (2) Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky Prospective 2016 presidential candidate Paul was asked in April 2014 whether he believed “that climate change exists, and that it’s a manmade problem”.
  • (3) The extent of the challenge facing some was underlined when the rand actually weakened against the dollar following the rate rise, when usually such a move would be expected to prompt a rise.
  • (4) A day later, the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton echoed the president in the first major speech of her candidacy, saying: “We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America.” The Republican candidate Rand Paul immediately jumped in, outlining his own record of calling for criminal justice reform and attacking that of Clinton.
  • (5) Results, examined with the Rand index of cluster comparison, demonstrated that cluster group membership can be so different between alternative clustering methods as to equal chance assignment.
  • (6) Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, and Paul Ryan are all not so far-fetched names for a run in 2016.
  • (7) Vavi cited a 2010 report showing that 44% of workers in South Africa live on less than 10 rand a day, which only just pays for a loaf of brown bread.
  • (8) If she does so, the two children she had with the late Mozambican president Samora Machel will receive 3m rand each from Mandela's will, and six children from Samora Machel's previous marriage will inherit 100,000 rand each.
  • (9) The Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, California , venerates the late philosopher as a prophet of unfettered capitalism who showed America the way.
  • (10) Using data from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment, the effects of cost-sharing plans on the health of the primary teeth in 264 children aged 3 to 5 years were investigated.
  • (11) Kentucky senator Rand Paul and Florida senator Marco Rubio, arguably Cruz’s chief rivals, have also held meetings with faith leaders.
  • (12) An elderly person is typically eligible for a grant of 1,350 rand (£75) per month.
  • (13) You ever hear ’em ask Hillary Clinton, this money she’s getting, whether it influences her decisions?” Kentucky senator Rand Paul, who has been hinting at new Clinton revelations for weeks, told an anti-abortion group on Friday.
  • (14) The Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul walked out of a live interview with the Guardian on Friday, in his third testy exchange with a journalist since launching his campaign for president three days ago.
  • (15) Election 2015: off-year votes put focus on marijuana, LGBT rights – and Airbnb Read more Bevin’s win also had coat tails down ballot as Democratic state auditor Adam Edelen, widely tipped as a potential opponent for Senator Rand Paul in 2016, lost in an upset to his Republican opponent.
  • (16) But her principal outlet is her blog, Atlas Shrugs , named after the philosophical novel by the arch-conservative Russian emigre, Ayn Rand, which promoted "the morality of rational self-interest".
  • (17) Senator Rand Paul, who has resisted Republican calls for more intervention, said the US should steer clear of Syria and Iraq.
  • (18) Tensions have erupted in recent days, after Kentucky senator Rand Paul attributed Trump’s surprise lead in recent opinion polls to a “ temporary loss of sanity ” among Republican primary voters and former Texas governor Rick Perry claimed his impact on the race represented a “ cancer ” on conservatism.
  • (19) Unlike many of his fellow contenders, Rubio has mostly ignored the Trump show – a move that has spared him the sort of public confrontations that have thus far borne little fruit for candidates who’ve tussled with the Republican frontrunner, such as Jeb Bush and Rand Paul.
  • (20) While Paul has collapsed in polls, Texas senator Ted Cruz has surged, successfully appealing to many of the socially conservative libertarians who backed Ron Paul, Rand’s father, in his two presidential bids.

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