striates
Scores parallel lines
Striates means marks with stripes or parallel grooves.
The term appears in scientific contexts describing natural patterns: The glacier striates the bedrock as it moves.
More commonly encountered as the adjective striated, describing something marked with such lines: striated muscle, striated rock formations.
Narrow plowed channels
- channelsPaths for transmission
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- corrugationsSeries of parallel ridges
- flutesTubular wind instruments
scores · incisions · notches · scratches · etches · carves · gouges · indentations
Parallel linear markings
- bandingAdding decorative strips
- streaksLong thin marks
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- veiningPattern of linear markings
marbling · grain · variegation · zebra · tiger · pinstripes · ribbing · ridged
Having raised lines
- groovedHaving linear indentations
- furrowedMarked with grooves
- corrugatedFormed into parallel folds
- ribbedWith raised parallel lines
lined · channeled · fluted · scored · etched · embossed · raised · indented
Layered sheet bonding
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- bandingAdding decorative strips
- layeringForming successive strata
glacial · erosion · sedimentary · metamorphic · gneiss · schist · slate · mineral
Threadlike structural strands
- skeletalOf or like bones
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
- bandingAdding decorative strips
- actinCellular contractile protein
myosin · contraction · voluntary · musculature · fascicles · tissue · microscopy
furrows
Narrow plowed channels
- channelsPaths for transmission
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- corrugationsSeries of parallel ridges
flutes · scores · incisions · notches · scratches · etches · carves · gouges · indentations · lines
stripes
Parallel linear markings
veining · marbling · grain · variegation · zebra · tiger · pinstripes · ribbing · ridged · lined
ridged
Having raised lines
- groovedHaving linear indentations
- furrowedMarked with grooves
- corrugatedFormed into parallel folds
ribbed · lined · channeled · fluted · scored · etched · embossed · raised · indented · textured
laminations
Layered sheet bonding
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- bandingAdding decorative strips
layering · glacial · erosion · sedimentary · metamorphic · gneiss · schist · slate · mineral · veining
fibers
Threadlike structural strands
actin · myosin · contraction · voluntary · musculature · fascicles · tissue · microscopy
- glacial striationsScratches carved by moving ice