striated

[ strahy-ey-tid ]

adjective

1. marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.

Other Words From

• sub·striat·ed adjective
• un·striat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of striated¹

First recorded in 1640–50; striate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

For a day trip, try the Long X to Maah Daah Hey Loop, an 11-mile excursion outside Grassy Butte that features snow-dusted grass in the foreground with the striated Badlands in the distance.

From Outside Online

In pursuit of streamlined designs, deeply striated product lines, and increased profits, many laptop manufacturers have made the upgrade and repair processes impossible for most people.

From Popular-Science

Just as streamlined are “Reflection,” a landscape-like picture that seems to be as much stitched as painted, and “Portal,” in which a blue round resembles the moon behind striated clouds, but also a cell or an egg.

From Washington Post

They are spheric or ovoid, yellow in color, and have a thick, radially striated shell (Fig. 101).

From Project Gutenberg

The rock was singularly striated, the scratches arranged concentrically and in helicoidal curves.

From Project Gutenberg

The male has very large horns, with three rounded angles at the base, flattened in front, and striated transversely.

From Project Gutenberg

Shell striated and more or less ridged, but the name cristata refers to the plume-like appearance of its breathing apparatus.

From Project Gutenberg

The inner one is the zona radiata with a typical radiately striated structure.

From Project Gutenberg