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English noun: striation | |||
| 1. | striation (shape) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | stria | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | channel, groove | ||
| 2. | striation (attribute) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | ||
| Samples | Chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands. The black and yellow banding of bees and wasps. | ||
| Synonyms | band, banding, stria | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bar, streak, stripe | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | collar, stretch mark | ||
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