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What is the noun for striation?

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striation
  1. (countable, mineralogy) One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
  2. (countable, geomorphology) One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
  3. The action of marking with a stria.
  4. The result of being marked with a stria.
  5. (roofing) a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
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    1. “The endoplasm or the intracapsular sarcode exhibits in the greater number of Spumellaria a more or less distinct radial striation.”
      “If you're going for a lean, shredded look, these types of exercises really help you achieve superior muscle separation and striation.”
      “The annulae show a transverse growth striation, the striae being 0.01-0.05 mm wide.”
stria
  1. A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
  2. A stretch mark.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Close to the midline, the habenular nucleus is connected anteriorly to the stria medullaris thalami.”
      “Other structures seen in the roof of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle are the tail of the caudate nucleus and the stria terminalis.”
      “The amygdaloid nuclei project to ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus via the stria terminalis.”
striatum
  1. (anatomy) The caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus considered as a single structure
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    1. “The principal mesencephalic projection to the striatum originates from the substantia nigra pars compacta.”
      “The brain showed extensive neuronal loss and severe astrogliosis in the striatum and substantia nigra.”
      “These are important striate branches of the middle cerebral artery, destined for the corpus striatum, internal capsule and associated structures.”
striature
  1. A stria, or stripe.
striatures
  1. plural of striature
striations
  1. plural of striation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Richly figured rosewood with its dark striations became the wood of choice, although mahogany and fruitwoods were not entirely supplanted.”
      “The presence of clasts with flatiron shapes and rare striations in the conglomerate facies is consistent with a glacial setting.”
      “The cross striations will be discussed in relation to striated skeletal muscle.”
striata
striatums
striae
  1. plural form of stria
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The labial and lingual surfaces are either more or less smooth, or covered with fine anastomosing striae.”
      “Close examination reveals a reticulated pattern of white scale known as Wickham's striae.”
      “The annulae show a transverse growth striation, the striae being 0.01-0.05 mm wide.”
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