miniband

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See also: mini band and mini-band

English

Etymology

From mini- +‎ band.

Noun

miniband (plural minibands)

  1. (biochemistry) A short loop of nucleic acid
  2. (physics) A periodic structure within a superlattice
  3. (finance) 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.
    Coordinate term: maxiband
    • 1998, José M. Campa, P.H. Kevin Chang, James F. Refalo, An Options-based Analysis of Emerging Market Exchange Rate Expectations: Brazil's Real Plan, 1994–9 (Centre for Economic Policy Research London: Discussion paper series; 2611), Centre for Economic Policy Research, page 2:
      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).