Stria

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A thin, narrow groove or channel.
  • n. A thin line or band, especially one of several that are parallel or close together: a characteristic stria of contractile tissue.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation.
  • n. A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anat., zoöl., and botany, a stripe or streak; a line, or linear marking, whether of elevation or depression—as a ridge or a furrow—or of texture or color. See cuts under brain, muscle, and Diatomaceæ.
  • n. In architecture, a fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, and the like.
  • n. In pathology, a linear hemorrhagic macula.
  • n. An imperfection in the form of a streak or band, whether a discoloration or an irregularity of structure, especially in glass.
  • n. plural In electricity, the peculiar stratifications of the light observed in vacuum-tubes (Geissler tubes) upon the passage of an electrical discharge.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • n. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    groove    channel   
    Variant
    striae   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    striation    line    streak   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sinuosity    begirt    oriel   
     
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