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striation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Striation \Stri*a"tion\, n. 1. The quality or condition of being striated. 2. A stria; as the striations on a shell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: striation n 1: 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 [syn: {stria}] 2: a stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands" [syn: {band}, {stria}]
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