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ghost band

ghost band noun: any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results).

Noun

ghost band (plural ghost bands)

  1. Any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results).
  2. A large band or stripe that appears on a developed gel as a wide halo with no specific, distinguishable signal.
    • Ghost bands are a common problem in western blot analysis.
  3. Impersonators of a well-known musical band hired to perform while the real band members are elsewhere.

Forms of ghost band

pluralghost bands

Questions about ghost band

What does ghost band mean?
Ghost band means any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results).
What part of speech is ghost band?
Ghost band is a noun.
What is the plural of ghost band?
The plural of ghost band is ghost bands.

Words near ghost band in the dictionary

  1. ghost ant
  2. ghost ants
  3. ghost apple
  4. ghost apples
  5. ghost at the feast
  6. ghost band
  7. ghost bands
  8. ghost bat
  9. ghost bats
  10. ghost bicycle
  11. ghost bicycles

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