striation
One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by…One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
Meaning
5 senses(countable)One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
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
(countable)One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
(countable, uncountable)The action of marking with a stria.
Streifen
(countable, uncountable)The result of being marked with a stria.
Streifung
(countable, uncountable)A parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
Translations
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Forms
plural: striations| Singular | striation |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable