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Meaning of STRIATION

Pronunciation:  strI'eyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"
  2. [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, stria, stria
 
 See Also: channel, groove, streak, stretch mark, stripe

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stri*a"tion\, n.
1. The quality or condition of being striated.
2. A stria; as, the striations on a shell.
 
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