striate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb mark with striae or striations
  2. adjective marked with stria or striations

WordNet

Stri"ate transitive verb
Etymology
See Striate, a.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Striated ; present participle & verbal noun Striating
Definitions
  1. To mark with striaæ. "Striated longitudinally." Owen.
Stri"ate, Stri"a*ted adjective (Also<
  • Striate
  • Striated
)
Etymology
L. striatus, p.p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.
Definitions
  1. Marked with striaæ, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.

Webster 1913