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Meanings of
striation
in English
Portuguese
estria
Spanish
faja
Catalan
estria
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A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
band
banding
stria
Portuguese
estria
Usage of
striation
in English
1
Outside, zeppelins were cruising through the
striation
of vanilla and oyster-colored clouds.
2
Do you see the strange webbing and
striation
in the tissues?
3
Other parts again appeared amorphous, with even the longitudinal
striation
of bone not distinguishable.
4
Most striking was the
striation
of the cercarial tail musculature.
5
The cliff, starkly outlined, each
striation
and pulse of lichen.
6
The esker protected a small lake with a sandy shore containing a dark
striation
.
7
It was far enough from the fog-flares for the last least trace of
striation
to have vanished.
8
Under the microscope the longitudinal
striation
of the wall is found to be due to the direction taken by the horn tubules.
9
While a poor material in cold climates, because of its
striation
,
it was always sought in Italy for its wonderful texture and tone.
10
There was, however, not a whisper of war, nor anything visible except the thin, pale line like a
striation
on the distant hills.
11
However, they said they did get good
striations
for a future match.
12
It dwelt there; contemplated us from its myriads of deep-set, sparkling
striations
.
13
Ribbons and faint
striations
meandered through it like the streaks in an agate.
14
But look at the slides of the
two
-
the
striations
are a perfect match.
15
Oh
yes
-
the
striations
are made by the rifling in the barrel.
16
Vertical
striations
gouged the stone like the claw marks of some ferocious beast.
Other examples for "striation"
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About this term
striation
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
longitudinal striation
dark striation
Translations for
striation
Portuguese
estria
Spanish
faja
Catalan
estria
Striation
through the time