bandelet

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noun

A small band or fillet; any little band or flat moulding, compassing a column, like a ring.

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annuletbandelettebandletsquare and rabbet
OriginFrench bandelette →
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Meanings

nounbandelet (plural bandelets)

plural bandelets

  1. architectureA small band or fillet; any little band or flat moulding, compassing a column, like a ring.

    The Tænia on the Doric Architrave is called its Bandelet

    1825, William Chambers, A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture
  2. computingAn orthonormal basis that is adapted to geometric boundaries, used in image processing.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmolding in the form of a ring; at top of a column

Similar
annuletbandelettebandletsquare and rabbet
Broader
moldingmoulding
Also see
annuletbandlet

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchbandelette
  2. Englishbandelet

From French bandelette, diminutive of bande. See band and bendlet.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

bandelet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandelet

MLA

“bandelet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandelet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bandelet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandelet.

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