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striation

DEFINITIONS OF: striation

1

n any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue

Synonyms:
stria
Type of:
channel, groove
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

n a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

Synonyms:
band, banding, stria
Types:
collar
(zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
stretch mark
a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)
Type of:
bar, streak, stripe
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
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