striate
Score with channels
Striate means marked with parallel lines, grooves, or ridges—striations.
The term appears most often in scientific contexts describing natural patterns: striate muscle fibers, striate rock formations.
As a verb, to striate is to mark with such lines.
The adjective form striated is more common in everyday use.
Narrow trench in earth
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- channelPassage for transmission
- fluteTube blown sideways
score · incision · scratch · line · mark · indentation · corrugation · rib
Having contrasting bands
- bandedHaving encircling marks
- linedMarked with parallel marks
- streakedMarked with bands
- ridgedHaving raised lines
ribbed · veined · pinstripe · candy stripe · barred · linear · parallel · ruled
Voluntary movement tissue
- voluntary muscleMuscle under conscious control
- cardiac muscleHeart wall tissue
- actinCellular contractile protein
- myosinMotor protein enabling contraction
contraction · fiber · striped · fascicle
Organ's external tissue
- basal gangliaSubcortical motor-control nuclei
- caudateHaving a tail
- motor controlRegulation of bodily movement
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
Division into distinct levels
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- laminationBonding sheets together
- bandingAdding decorative strips
- layeringForming successive strata
sedimentary · outcrop · formation · beds · cross-bedding · gneiss · schist · foliation
furrow
Narrow trench in earth
flute · score · incision · scratch · line · mark · indentation · corrugation · rib · streak
striped
Having contrasting bands
ridged · ribbed · veined · pinstripe · candy stripe · barred · linear · parallel · ruled · fluted
skeletal muscle
Voluntary movement tissue
- voluntary muscleMuscle under conscious control
- cardiac muscleHeart wall tissue
- actinCellular contractile protein
myosin · contraction · fiber · striped · fascicle
cortex
Organ's external tissue
- basal gangliaSubcortical motor-control nuclei
- caudateHaving a tail
- motor controlRegulation of bodily movement
stratification
Division into distinct levels
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- laminationBonding sheets together
- bandingAdding decorative strips
layering · sedimentary · outcrop · formation · beds · cross-bedding · gneiss · schist · foliation · metamorphic
- glacial striationsScratches carved by moving ice
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