Meaning of STRIA
| Pronunciation: | | 'strIu
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- [n] a stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"
- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | band, striation, striation |
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| | See Also: | | channel, groove, streak, stretch mark, stripe | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stri"a\, n.; pl. {Stri[ae]}. [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 stri[ae], or groovings, produced on a rock by a
glacier passing over it; the stri[ae] on the surface of a
shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters,
or the like. --Oxf. Gloss.
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