Stria
/ˈstɹaɪə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
- 2 a stripe or stripes of contrasting color wordnet
- 3 One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
- 4 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 wordnet
- 5 A stretch mark.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stria (“furrow”).