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Stria

Stria Meaning & Definition
Stria Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stria?

[n] a stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"
[n] 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 | Synonyms for Stria: band | striation | striation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Stria:

See Also | channel | groove | streak | stretch mark | stripe

Stria In Webster's Dictionary

\Stri"a\, n.; pl. {Stri[ae]}. [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.] 1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the stri[ae], or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the stri[ae] on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain. 2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. --Oxf. Gloss.

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