# banding
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbændɪŋ/
* Rhymes: -ændɪŋ

### Etymology 1

From band +‎ -ing.

#### Noun

banding (countable and uncountable, plural bandings)
* A pattern of band-like markings.
    You can recognize this species of bird by the banding on the wing.
* A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.
    Synonym: ringing
* A division into bands or brackets.
    property tax banding
** 2021 November 7, Donna Ferguson, “‘No one knew they existed’: wild heirs of lost British honeybee found at Blenheim”, in The Guardian Online‎:The bees’ cubital index, a method for differentiating breeds of honeybees, also confirmed they are “more of an indigenous bee” than anything else, he said, but their adaptations have made them unique and peculiar, and they have very little banding. “Supposedly, wild tree-nesting honeybees which can sustain themselves do not exist, so nobody knows what type of wild, self-sustaining honeybee is actually left in the UK.”Apparently meaning here the taxon or taxa have not yet been fitted into a phylogenetic tree.
* The formation of a band or brigade.
** 1848, The Odd-fellows' Offering, page 60:Was he aiding the man-redeeming movements of the day, the beautiful associations, the useful bandings together for human improvement, love and truth? No.

##### Derived terms

* color banding
* edgebanding
* edge banding

##### Translations
#### Verb

banding
* present participle and gerund of band

### Etymology 2

From band +‎ -ing.

#### Noun

banding (plural bandings)
* Obsolete form of bandying.

### Anagrams

* Ngbandi

## Baba Malay
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay banding (“comparison”).

### Verb

banding
* to ponder

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bandiəŋ/

### Noun

banding
* comparison

### Verb

banding
* to compare

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay banding (“comparison”).
* For sense of appeal (law), probably a semantic loan from Chinese 告 (“to check; to compare”), a variant of 校 (“to check; to compare”). For comparison, see 上告 (“to appeal”, literally “to raise an appeal”) and naik banding (“to appeal”, literally “to raise an appeal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbandɪŋ/
* Rhymes: -dɪŋ, -ɪŋ, -ŋ
* Hyphenation: ban‧ding

### Noun

banding (plural banding-banding)
* comparison
    Synonyms: imbangan, persamaan, tara
* (law) appeal: an application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
    Synonym: apèl

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* berbanding [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* membanding [agent focus] (meN-)
* membandingi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* pembanding [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* pembandingan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* sebanding [immediacy / habitual] (se-)
* perbandingan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* memperbanding
* memperbandingkan
* naik banding

### Further reading

* “banding” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -iŋ

### Noun

banding (plural banding-banding, informal 1st possessive bandingku, 2nd possessive bandingmu, 3rd possessive bandingnya)
* comparison
* (Indonesia) synonym of rayuan (“appeal”), see Indonesian banding for more information.

#### Descendants

* Baba Malay: banding
* Indonesian: banding

### Further reading

* “banding” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.