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Definition of Striatid

{ Stri"ate (?), Stri"a*ted (?), } a. [L. striatus, p. p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.] Marked with striaæ, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.

{ Stri"ate (?), Stri"a*ted (?), } a. [L. striatus, p. p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.] Marked with striaæ, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • Having parallel lines or grooves on the surface.
  • In mineralogy, parallel grooves and ridges in a rock, formed by repeated twinning of crystals.
  • In geomorphology, parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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