striation

striation
/struy ay"sheuhn/, n.
1. striated condition or appearance.
2. a stria; one of many parallel striae.
3. Geol. any of a number of scratches or parallel grooves on the surface of a rock, resulting from the action of moving ice, as of a glacier.
4. Cell Biol. any of the alternating light and dark crossbands that are visible in certain muscle fibers, esp. of voluntary muscles, and are produced by the distribution of contractile proteins.
[1840-50; STRIATE + -ION]

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