striation
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"Each rifle barrel is different in minute detail and leaves distinct striation marks on the soft lead of a bullet head as it passes down the barrel," Mr Woods said.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025
Still another cut pieces from the glass, paying close attention to color and striation.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023
Many sarcomeres are present in a myofibril, resulting in the striation pattern characteristic of skeletal muscle.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The separation and striation phenomenon demonstrated in this video was discovered and studied by Hernan A. Makse, who described it in a series of papers, including these:
From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2014
In all these cases, the characteristic striation, or scratching produced on rock-surfaces by glaciers, is more or less distinct, according as the surface may have been protected in intermediate ages.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 by Chambers, William
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