striationn.
/strʌɪˈeɪʃən/ 1. Striated condition or appearance.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > streakiness
brindle1696
striaturea1728
streakinessa1750
rowiness1842
striation1851
the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making grooves > condition of having grooves
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cannulation1856
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. viii. 94 Longitudinal furrowing or striation on the original single shaft.
1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1872) xii. 291 This contractile substance..presents a..transverse striation.
1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. i. ii. 70 Striation is characteristic of muscles whose contraction is rapid.
1883 T. C. Chamberlin in 3rd Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1881–2 318 Glacial movements... Striation.
1914 A. Conan Doyle Capt. Polestar 40 This weapon is said to exhibit a longitudinal striation on the steel.
2.
a. One of a set or system of striae, a streak, a marking; esp. Geology one of the grooves or glacial marks found on rock-surfaces; Mineralogy (plural) the fine parallel lines on a crystalline face.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > streakiness > streak
rewc1300
strind?1523
streak1577
lace1613
bandeleta1645
stria1673
garle1677
interstriation1849
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roe1850
swipe1869
1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) App. i. 710 A fragment from Harper's Hill contains 25 to 27 striations in half an inch.
1888 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. I. 97 Agelæus thilius... Beneath paler, cineraceous white with black striations.
b. = stria n. 2d (in singular).
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > [noun] > container > bands observed in
stria1859
striation1902
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 47/2 The bright parts of the striations are slightly concave to the positive electrode.
1942 J. D. Stranathan ‘Particles’ of Mod. Physics iii. 67 As the pressure is still further reduced..the striations become more coarse and indistinct, and the Crookes dark space lengthens.
1973 J. Yarwood Electr. & Magn. xiv. 503 For a striated positive column, the number of ions per unit volume is least at the bright edge of the striation.
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