ghost band
The term "ghost band" can refer to various phenomena in music, science, and entertainment, often involving something that appears real but lacks its original essence or clarity.
Definition
B2Music
(general)A musical group that continues to perform under a well-known name despite having none or few of the original members.
Example
- The jazz orchestra is now a ghost band, with all new members but still performing under the original name.
B2Entertainment
(informal)Impersonators of a famous band hired to perform while the real band members are elsewhere.
Example
- The crowd didn't realize they were watching a ghost band instead of the actual rock stars.
C1Science
(technical, academic)Spurious results clustered together outside of normal expected ranges in a plot of recorded energy values.
Example
- The unexpected peak in the data was dismissed as a ghost band.
C1Biology
(technical, academic)A large band or stripe on a developed gel that appears as a wide halo with no specific, distinguishable signal.
Example
- The ghost band on the gel made it difficult to interpret the results of the experiment.
Similar
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