striation

noun

a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue

Roots

striastri- · Latin · groove, furrow atio-ation · Latin · action or state of

Synonyms for striation

strian striature corrugationn stripen lineationn

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Where does striation come from?

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