Found 2 items, similar to striae.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: striae stria n 1: any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue [syn: striation] 2: a stripe of contrasting color; “chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands” [syn: band, striation] [also: striae (pl)] striae See stria
English → English (gcide) Definition: Striae Stria \Stri"a\, n.; pl. Stri[ae]. [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.] 1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the stri[ae], or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the stri[ae] on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. --Oxf. Gloss. [1913 Webster]