meaning of striaae
1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
2. A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
3. a stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic
">bands"
Related Words
stria | striae | striate | striate body | striate vein | striated | striated muscle | striated muscle cell | striated muscle fiber | striated muscle tissue | striating | striation | striatum | striature |
