striation

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Synonyms: storiation, seriation, striction, station, variation, astriction, satiation, serration, scription, sociation, striations

Antonyms: storiation, seriation, striction, station, variation, astriction, satiation, serration, scription, sociation, striations

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable|mineralogy}} One of a number of parallel [[groove]]s and [[ridge]]s in a [[rock]] or rocky [[deposit]], formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of [[crystal]]s.
2. {{lb|en|countable|geomorphology}} One of a number of parallel [[scratch]] lines in rock [[outcrop]]s, formed when [[glacier]]s dragged rocks across the landscape.
3. The action of marking with a [[stria]].
4. The result of being marked with a [[stria]].
5. {{lb|en|roofing}} a [[parallel]] series of small [[groove]]s, [[channel]]s, or [[impression]]s typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for [[oil-canning]].

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