What's the difference between band and strike?

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.

Strike


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
  • (v. t.) To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
  • (v. t.) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
  • (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
  • (v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
  • (v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
  • (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
  • (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
  • (v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
  • (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
  • (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
  • (v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
  • (v. t.) To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
  • (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
  • (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.
  • (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
  • (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
  • (v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
  • (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
  • (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
  • (v. t.) To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
  • (v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
  • (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
  • (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
  • (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
  • (v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.
  • (v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.
  • (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
  • (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
  • (v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
  • (v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
  • (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
  • (v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
  • (v. i.) To steal money.
  • (n.) The act of striking.
  • (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
  • (n.) A bushel; four pecks.
  • (n.) An old measure of four bushels.
  • (n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
  • (n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
  • (n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
  • (n.) A puddler's stirrer.
  • (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
  • (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
  • (2) Although the mean values for all hemodynamic variables between the two placebo periods were minimally changed, the differences in individual patients were striking.
  • (3) The amplitudes of the a-wave and the 01 decreased in dose-dependent manners, but their changes were less striking than those of the 01 latency.
  • (4) A striking feature of BEN is the familial occurrence of the disease.
  • (5) What is striking is the comprehensive and strategic approach they have.
  • (6) The most striking feature of some industrialized countries is a dramatic reduction of the prevalence of dental caries among school-aged children.
  • (7) Confirmation of the striking correlation between increased urinary ammonia and lowered neonatal ponderal index may afford a simple test for the identification of nutrient-related growth retardation.
  • (8) All aircraft exited the strike areas safely.” Earlier, residents living near the Mosul dam told the Associated Press the area was being targeted by air strikes.
  • (9) It’s not to punish the public, it’s to save the NHS and its people.” Another commenter added: “Of course they should strike.
  • (10) If you want to become a summit celebrity be sure to strike a pose whenever you see the ENB photographer approaching.
  • (11) I believe that what we need is a nonviolent national general strike of the kind that has been more common in Europe than here.
  • (12) Striking and consistent differences were found in the levels of acceptor activity in different tissues from both groups; these levels corresponded to their sensitivity to tumorigenesis by alkylating agents.
  • (13) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
  • (14) The results show that in both viral DNAs cleavage occurs at the origin and at one additional site which shows striking sequence homology with the origin region.
  • (15) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
  • (16) The most striking homology was to yeast SEC7 in the central domain of the gene (57% identical over 466 bp) and also the protein level (42% identical amino acids; 39% conserved amino acids).
  • (17) Figures from 228 organisations, of which 154 are acute hospital trusts, show that 2,077 inpatient procedures have been cancelled due to the two-day strike alongside 3,187 day case operations and procedures.
  • (18) Striking features were non-atherosclerotic stenosis with negative Sudan III, seen in the ICA less than 200 mu in diameter of almost all the hearts of stages II and III rabbits.
  • (19) The military is not being honest about the number of men on strike: most of us are refusing to eat.
  • (20) The most striking differences were observed on the factors: Psychopathic deviation, Mania, Schizophrenia greater than controls and social introversion lower than controls.