Definition of stria Stria

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We found 7 definitions of stria from 5 different sources.

What does stria mean?

Noun Plural: strias
stria - 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
		striation
		groove, channel (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
stria - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
		band, banding, striation
		streak, stripe, bar a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
		collar a figurative restraint; "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"

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stria (n.)
A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
stria (n.)
A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.

stria
strī′a, n. a stripe or streak, a small channel or thread-like line running parallel to another: (archit.) one of the fillets between the flutes of columns, &c.:—pl. Strī′æ (ē).—v.t. Strīāte′, to score, stripe.—adjs. Strī′āte, -d, marked with striæ or small parallel channels.—ns. Strīā′tion; Strīā′tum, the corpus striatum, the great ganglion of the fore-brain; Strī′ature, mode of striation. [L. stria, a streak, striāre, -ātum, to furrow.]

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