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striate

striate

2 8.9
Having thin parallel lines or shallow grooves on a surface
  • adjective
  • /ˈstraɪ.eɪt/
  • Specialized
: 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
5 2.3

Paper with printed lines to help you write

shows parallel grooves cut into the surface

Antonyms

smooth
224 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

Compounds

striate cortex
  • Specialized
1 7.8

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

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 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
7 4.9
striate
  • Specialized
2 8.9
lined
5 2.3
smooth
224 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.