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Striation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Striation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

"chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"

"the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"

3

One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
groove stripe
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
collar stretch mark
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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