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striate

striate

8.9
Having thin parallel lines or shallow grooves on a surface
  • adjective
  • /ˈstraɪ.eɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estriado
  • The rest of the muscle in our body is striated skeletal muscle.
  • striate cortex

The rest of the muscle in our body is striated skeletal muscle.

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Examples

  • Triglyphs are triple striated bands and you can see them up there, the triple striated bands and in between them square panels.

  • So this is the main striated muscle fiber, OK?

  • Their vision of antiquity was complex, striated, multicultural.

  • So you don't have the type synapse synaptic context the striated muscles have with the muscle in place.

  • They're more dense, more thick, and there's more of a almost striated nature to them where you can actually feel the textural change in the leaf.

  • The artist carefully striated the surface of the sculpture to create a textured finish.

  • The leaves of the plant were striated, showcasing beautiful parallel lines on their surface.

  • The geological formation was striated, with distinct grooves running along the rock face.

Synonyms

lined
vsstriate
2.3

Paper with printed lines to help you write

shows parallel grooves cut into the surface

Antonyms

smooth
256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

Compounds

striate area
  • Specialized
9.3

Part of the back of the brain that gets signals from the eyes for vision

striate body
  • Specialized
9.9

Part of the brain made of white and grey matter that helps control movement

striate cortex
  • Specialized
7.8

The part of the brain at the back that receives visual signals from the eyes

striate vein
  • Specialized
9.9

A small vein in the brain that carries blood away from a deep part into a larger vein

How Striated

furrowed
1 4.9
striate
  • Specialized
8.9
lined
2.3
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

striate positive
striated positive

Morphology

striate = stria (semi-transparent) = stria + ate

The adjective is transparently formed from 'stria' + '-ate', but because 'stria' is a technical/less-frequent term the derivation may not help all learners.

Etymology

Striate comes from the Latin stria, meaning 'groove' or 'line', and is the same root as stripe, so a striate surface is one that is marked with thin, parallel lines or grooves.