Definition of striations Striations
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What does striations mean?
Wiktionary 
- striations (Noun)
Plural of striation.
Part of speech
🔤- striations, noun, plural of striation.
WordNet
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| striation - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" | ||
| band, banding, stria | ||
| 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" | ||
| striation - 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 | ||
| stria | ||
| groove, channel (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part | ||
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Wiktionary
- striation (Noun)
The action of marking with a stria. - striation (Noun)
The result of being marked with a stria. - striation (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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- striation (n.)
The quality or condition of being striated. - striation (n.)
A stria; as, the striations on a shell.
Part of speech
🔤- striation, noun, singular of striations.
