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1. (n.) stria
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, esp. one of a number in parallel arrangement:
striae of muscle fiber.
2. stria
any of a series of parallel lines on glaciated rock surfaces or the faces of crystals.
Etymology: (1555–65; < L: furrow, channel)
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1. (noun) stria, striation
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
2. (noun) band, banding, stria, striation
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
"chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
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1. (noun) stria
a minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain
2. (noun) stria
a fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like
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