striating
Forming parallel lines
Striating is the present participle of striate, meaning to mark with parallel lines, grooves, or bands.
The term appears most often in scientific contexts describing natural patterns: muscles are composed of striating fibers, glaciers leave striating marks on bedrock, and minerals display striating formations.
The microscope revealed striating patterns across the tissue sample.
Something that is striating is in the process of forming or creating these characteristic linear markings.
Parallel linear markings
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- groovesNarrow carved channels
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- striaeNarrow parallel grooves
bands · streaks · scoring · channels · furrows · scratches · veins · marking
Marks left by painting
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- cross-hatchingOverlaid line shading
- scoringEarning points in competition
- incisingCutting into material
sgraffito · engraving · etching · carving · gilding · glazing
Affectionate verbal teasing
- corduroyRidged cotton textile
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- knurlingMachined grip texture
- flutingShallow parallel grooves
corrugation · ridged · grooved · channeled · scored · lined · furrowed · raked
Contractile cell in tissue
- actinCellular contractile protein
- myosinMotor protein enabling contraction
- skeletalOf or like bones
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
contraction · fascicle · banding · musculature · histology · microscopy
Solid stone underground
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- layeringForming successive strata
- bandingAdding decorative strips
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
outcrop · schist · gneiss · metamorphism · foliation · lineation · rock face · cleavage
stripes
Parallel linear markings
striae · bands · streaks · scoring · channels · furrows · scratches · veins · marking · parallel lines
brushstrokes
Marks left by painting
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- cross-hatchingOverlaid line shading
- scoringEarning points in competition
incising · sgraffito · engraving · etching · carving · gilding · glazing
ribbing
Affectionate verbal teasing
fluting · corrugation · ridged · grooved · channeled · scored · lined · furrowed · raked · combed
muscle fiber
Contractile cell in tissue
cardiac · contraction · fascicle · banding · musculature · histology · microscopy
bedrock
Solid stone underground
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- layeringForming successive strata
- bandingAdding decorative strips
sedimentation · outcrop · schist · gneiss · metamorphism · foliation · lineation · rock face · cleavage · deformation
striatingsmoothing
Reducing irregularities systematically
leveling · polishing · buffing · planing · evening out
striatingerasing
Removing recorded marks
blanking · clearing · effacing · obliterating · unbroken
striatinghomogenizing
Making consistent throughout
unifying · blending · erasing · effacing · smoothing over
- glacial striationsScratches carved by moving ice