stria
Fine linear channel
A stria is a narrow groove, stripe, or band, especially one of several parallel lines.
The term appears most often in scientific contexts—anatomy, geology, biology—describing linear markings on surfaces: striae on a muscle fiber, glacial striae carved into bedrock.
In medicine, striae are stretch marks on skin.
Plural: striae.
Contrasting linear marking
- bandGroup playing music together
- streakUnbroken series
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- stripingCreating linear patterns
pinstripe · banding · parallel lines · ray · vein · streaking · ribbing · ridging
Narrow trench in earth
- channelPassage for transmission
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- sulcusGroove in tissue
- corrugationSeries of parallel ridges
scoring · incision · scratch · line · indentation · fluting · rut · track
Division into distinct levels
- layeringForming successive strata
- bandingAdding decorative strips
- laminationBonding sheets together
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
sedimentary · deposition · foliation · metamorphism · erosion · outcrop
Contractile cell in tissue
- actinCellular contractile protein
- myosinMotor protein enabling contraction
- cardiac muscleHeart wall tissue
- skeletal muscleVoluntary movement tissue
stripe
Contrasting linear marking
striping · pinstripe · banding · parallel lines · ray · vein · streaking · ribbing · ridging · textured surface
furrow
Narrow trench in earth
corrugation · scoring · incision · scratch · line · indentation · fluting · rut · track · marking
stratification
Division into distinct levels
- layeringForming successive strata
- bandingAdding decorative strips
- laminationBonding sheets together
bedding · sedimentary · deposition · foliation · metamorphism · erosion · outcrop
muscle fiber
Contractile cell in tissue
- actinCellular contractile protein
- myosinMotor protein enabling contraction
- cardiac muscleHeart wall tissue
fluting
Shallow parallel grooves
column · pilaster · triglyph · cabling · fillet · arris · Doric · Ionic · Corinthian · volute
striasmoothness
Freedom from irregularity
smooth surface · uniformity · evenness · featurelessness · blankness
- glacial striationsScratches carved by moving ice