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Stria [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.

Striae [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

plural [Latin See Streak .] In natural history, small channels in the shells of cockles and in other substances.

Striae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Striate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To mark with striaae.

2. Alt. of Striated

Striated [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. STRIATE, STRIATED adjective

2. Formed with small channels; channeled.

3. In botany, streaked; marked or scored with superficial or very slender lines; marked with fine parallel lines.

4. Striated fracture, in mineralogy, consists of long narrow separable parts laid on or beside each other.

Striated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Marked with striaae, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.

Striated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Striating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Striation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality or condition of being striated.

2. A stria; as, the striations on a shell.

Striatum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The corpus striatum.

Striature [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Disposition of striae.

Striature [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A stria.