striated
[strahy-ey-tid]
- marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.
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Origin of striated
striate
[verb strahy-eyt; adjective strahy-it, -eyt]
- to mark with striae; furrow; stripe; streak.
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Related Words for striated
smear, spot, daub, band, fleck, stripe, slash, variegate, dapple, marble, vein, strakeExamples from the Web for striated
Historical Examples of striated
His striated eyeballs had a vitreous look; they were as hard as marbles.
When Egypt Went BrokeHolman Day
The striated muscle is "the most perfect dynamo we know of" (Verworn).
The Wonders of LifeErnst Haeckel
Some species are striated, ribbed, or tuberculated, but the generality are smooth.
A Conchological ManualGeorge Brettingham Sowerby
It is at first ovate or bell-shaped, then expanding; striated.
These muscles are not striated, as they are in the Arthropoda.
striate
- marked with striae; striped
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- (tr) to mark with striae
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Word Origin for striate
C17: from Latin striāre to make grooves, from stria
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Word Origin and History for striated
striate
1670s, from Modern Latin striatus, from Latin stria (see striation). Related: Striated; striating.
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striate
(strī′āt′)- To mark with striae or striations.
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- Marked with striae; striped, grooved, or ridged.
- Consisting of a stria or striae.
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