(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, Syn.striation
n.; pl.Striae [ L., a furrow, channel, hollow. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]
{ } a. [ L. striatus, p. p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel. ] Marked with striaae, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber. [ 1913 Webster ]
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