stria
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement: striae of muscle fiber.
Mineralogy. any of a series of parallel lines or tiny grooves on the surface of a crystal, indicative of the mode of growth.
Architecture. a flute on the shaft of a column.
Origin of stria
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How to use stria in a sentence
From this rim shelved down a smooth and polished base, marked with fine vertical striae.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonOn the posterior margins of several operculars the striae break up into tubercles.
Ornamentation of the angular consists of tubercles and longitudinal or oblique striae, occurring mostly on the expanded portion.
It is essential that the condenser be white and limpid and free from defects or striae.
It must be clear, without striae, and there must be no strains in it, resulting from the final stirring and cooling.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict Crowell
British Dictionary definitions for stria
/ (ˈstraɪə) /
Also called: striation geology any of the parallel scratches or grooves on the surface of a rock caused by abrasion resulting from the passage of a glacier, motion on a fault surface, etc
fine ridges and grooves on the surface of a crystal caused by irregular growth
biology anatomy a narrow band of colour or a ridge, groove, or similar linear mark, usually occurring in a parallel series
architect a narrow channel, such as a flute on the shaft of a column
Origin of stria
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