stria
noun
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement.
striae
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pluralof stria.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On a smaller scale, both types of glaciers form drumlins, roches moutonées, and glacial grooves or striae.
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Glacial striae are very common on rock surfaces eroded by both alpine and continental glaciers.
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Figure 16.25 Left: Roches moutonées with glacial striae near Squamish, B.C.
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Right: Glacial striae at the same location near Squamish.
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The faidon drew back toward them until it was actually touching the projector, and eddy currents and striae became visible in the mass about them as their progress grew slower and slower.
From Skylark Three by Hans Waldemar Wessolowski
