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Definition of striation
1a : the fact or state of being striatedb : arrangement of striations or striae
2 : a minute groove, scratch, or channel especially when one of a parallel series
3 : any of the alternate dark and light cross bands of a myofibril of striated muscle
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Microsaur scales frequently have thickened posterior margins and possess striations or starburst or net-like ornament.
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Rocks lodged under the heavy ice scored the bedrock underneath, and from a distance, these parallel scratches (called striations) could be said to resemble combed hair.
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The intermittent sunlight and shadows brought out an array of colors in the striations of the rock layers.
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Gaze in wonder at the striations of color in Death Valley, feel on your clothes the sopping California fog and on your face the weight of a cloud bank pressing against a lone tree on a South Dakota horizon.
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Plato talks of inequality and class striations as being the biggest threat to Greek society.
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The condition looks like white striations running parallel to the regular muscle.
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The same striations infect the other images in the painting, of Ray-Ban sunglasses promoted in two large banner ads.
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Iris The colored part of the eye has unique furrows, striations, pits, and variations.
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First Known Use of striation
circa 1847
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