What is the meaning of striation?

noun

  • Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue.
  • A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
    • usage: "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
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