Complete Definition of "striation"

English

Etymology
stria + -tion

Noun
en-noun

#countable mineralogy One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock, formed by repeated twinning of crystals.
#countable geomorphology One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.

  1. The action of marking with a stria.
  2. The result of being marked with a stria.

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Revision and Credits for"striation"
  • 2007-09-17 20:49 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/70.153.81.197|70.153.81.197]] ([[User_talk:70.153.81.197|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:RobotGMwikt|RobotGMwikt]]

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