banding n. A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material.
Synonyms:band, stripe.
verb
Band v. t. (past & past part. banded; pres. part. banding)
1.
To bind or tie with a band.
2.
To mark with a band.
3.
To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. "Banded against his throne."
Banded architrave, Banded pier, Banded shaft, etc. (Arch.), an architrave, pier, shaft, etc., of which the regular profile is interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right angles.
Band v. t. To bandy; to drive away. (Obs.)
Band v. i. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together. "Certain of the Jews banded together."
... be partly derived from the disintegration of basic rocks. When they are most metamorphosed they are often very hard to distinguish from igneous hornblende-schists; yet they rarely fail to reveal signs of bedding, pebbly structure, sedimentary banding and gradual transition into undoubtedly sedimentary types of gneiss and schist. Deposits containing dolomite and siderite also readily yield amphibolites (tremolite-schists, grunorite-schists, &c.) especially where there has been a certain amount of contact metamorphism ... — Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
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