Word Study
striation
CIDE DICTIONARY
striation, n.
- The quality or condition of being striated. [1913 Webster]
- A stria; as, the striations on a shell. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
striation
band, bar, belt, bezel, chamfer, chase, chink, corrugation, crack, cranny, craze, cross-hatching, cut, dado, dash, delineation, diagonal, dotted line, engraving, flute, fluting, furrow, gash, gouge, groove, hachure, hairline, hatching, incision, line, lineation, list, microgroove, rabbet, rifling, ruck, rut, score, scratch, slash, slit, streak, streaking, stria, striature, striga, striola, strip, stripe, striping, stroke, sublineation, sulcation, sulcus, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring, virgule, well-worn groove, wrinkleFor further exploring for "striation" in Webster Dictionary Online