striation

Meaning

1. (countable) One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
2. (countable) One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
3. (countable, uncountable) The action of marking with a stria.
4. (countable, uncountable) The result of being marked with a stria.
5. (countable, uncountable) a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.

Synonyms

stria

banding

striature

stripe

streak

band

groove

marking

rainbow

🌈

scratch

spectrum

stream

striae

striate

striated

variegation

wale

wheal

sulfation

music line

rivelling

cord

corrugation

flute

🪈

fluting

fringe

Translations

estria

striatura

Streifenbildung

αυλάκωση

ράβδωση

banderole

striation

estriamento

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faja

estria

Etymology

From striate + -ion.