Meaning of Striation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
   countable
2. One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
   countable
3. The action of marking with a stria.
   countable, uncountable
4. The result of being marked with a stria.
   countable, uncountable
5. a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The energy raised the temperature of the snow a couple of degrees, and the friction carved striations high in the icy sides of the canyon walls.”

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