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striation - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'striation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Striation [ n.]
- The quality or condition of being striated.
- A stria; as, the striations on a shell.

Meaning of 'striation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . striation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
Example in sentence:
  • chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands;
  • the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps

Nearby Words:

strabism strabismometer strabismus strabotomy straddle straddled straddling stradometrical straggle straggled

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