Definitions from Wiktionary (striation)
▸ noun: (countable, mineralogy) One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
▸ noun: (countable, geomorphology) One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
▸ noun: The action of marking with a stria.
▸ noun: The result of being marked with a stria.
▸ noun: (roofing) a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
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▸ noun: (countable, mineralogy) One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
▸ noun: (countable, geomorphology) One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
▸ noun: The action of marking with a stria.
▸ noun: The result of being marked with a stria.
▸ noun: (roofing) a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
▸ Also see striation
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longitudinal,
cross,
fine,
vertical,
parallel,
faint,
horizontal,
radial,
spiral,
concentric,
characteristic
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