scoriation

Meaning

1. A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.
2. An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."

Translations

vore

calha

rego

saban izi

tekerlek izi

Etymology

The word is derived from the Latin scoria, which means slag or dross, and thus is related to the English words scoria and scorify, which both refer to the waste left over from smelting ore.