striation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    stria.
  2. noun a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
    band; banding; stria.
    • chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
    • the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps

WordNet

Stri*a"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or condition of being striated.
  2. A stria; as, the striations on a shell.

Webster 1913