striation

Noun
Synonyms: striabandbanding

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. 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 tissueSynonyms: stria
  2. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color“chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands”“the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps”Synonyms: bandbandingstria
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Striation \Stri*a"tion\, n.

1.The quality or condition of being striated. [1913 Webster]

2.A stria; as, the striations on a shell. [1913 Webster]

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