Miniband
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A short loop of nucleic acid
- 2 A periodic structure within a superlattice
- 3 A small percentage of the value of a currency by which it is allowed to fluctuate in a single day, as part of a policy to stabilize the currency.
"Over short horizons, the exchange rate has followed a crawling peg surrounded by a “miniband,” but for long horizons, superimposed on the crawling peg, there has also been an official “maxiband” with a fixed (non-crawling) central rate, floor, and ceiling."
- 4 Alternative spelling of mini band (“shorter resistance band”). alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"Over short horizons, the exchange rate has followed a crawling peg surrounded by a “miniband,” but for long horizons, superimposed on the crawling peg, there has also been an official “maxiband” with a fixed (non-crawling) central rate, floor, and ceiling."
Etymology
From mini- + band.
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