stria

noun

1. 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

   noun.shape

   Synonyms striation

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

   noun.attribute

   Synonyms band banding striation

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the <i>stri&aelig;</i>, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the <i>stri&aelig;</i> on the surface of a shell; a <i>stria</i> of nervous matter in the brain.

   noun

   Source: webster1913