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noun
One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: geography, geology, geomorphology, natural-sciences
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noun
The action of marking with a stria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The result of being marked with a stria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, roofing
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noun
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: band, banding, stria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stripe, streak, bar
Narrower terms: collar, stretch mark
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: groove, channel
History
Etymology tree English striate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English striation From striate + -ion.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
