Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Disposition of striæ; mode of striation; striation; also, a stria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stria.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stria , orstripe .
Etymologies
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Latin striatura.
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Examples
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Ainsi nonce, cette proposition pourrait donner lieu une quivoque, car ce qui se perd, ce n'est que l'aspect extrieur de la striature et non les lments anatomiques qui la composent.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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Ce qui constitue la striature, proprement parler, n'est donc pas dtruit, avant la liqufaction de la fibre charnue elle-mme. "]
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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