stria

American  

[strahy-uh] / ˈstraɪ ə /

noun

plural

striae

1. a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement.

   striae of muscle fiber.

2. Mineralogy. any of a series of parallel lines or tiny grooves on the surface of a crystal, indicative of the mode of growth.

3. Architecture. a flute on the shaft of a column.

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stria British  

/ ˈstraɪə /

noun

1. 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

2. fine ridges and grooves on the surface of a crystal caused by irregular growth

3. biology anatomy a narrow band of colour or a ridge, groove, or similar linear mark, usually occurring in a parallel series

4. architect a narrow channel, such as a flute on the shaft of a column

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Etymology

Origin of stria

1555–65; < Latin: furrow, channel

Example Sentences

A follow-up study found that in male-to-female people, even ones who had never gone through a course of hormone therapy, the number of neurons in the stria terminalis was equivalent to the number in women.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2014

One study of the stria terminalis, a region of the brain that influences sex responses and sexual behavior, found that male-to-female transgender people had a female-sized stria terminalis.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2014

This latter is very thick in the calcarine region, and forms the white stria of Gennin, while the inner band is best seen in the precentral gyrus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

If perchance they are deaf, he thinks that it is possibly because of the defect in the stria vasculosa.

From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

M. Shell olive-shaped, smooth, polished, spire very short, longitudinally wrinkled, with a central transverse stria, pillar four-plaited.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William