Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

striation striation definition

striation


 
  Grep  of  noun  striation 
  striation 
 
  Overview  of  noun  striation 
 
  The  noun  striation  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  stria,  striation  --  (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) 
  2.  band,  stria,  striation  --  (a  stripe  of  contrasting  color;  "chromosomes  exhibit  characteristic  bands") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  striation 
 
  The  noun  striation  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  stria,  striation  --  (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) 
  2.  band,  stria,  striation  --  (a  stripe  of  contrasting  color;  "chromosomes  exhibit  characteristic  bands") 



striation definition