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
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
Her emphasis on overcoming class divides and minority issues is especially salient as the Chinese grapple with their own rural and urban striation and construct an idea of the “China Dream.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2014
The striation is due to the regular alternation of the contractile proteins actin and myosin, along with the structural proteins that couple the contractile proteins to connective tissues.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The latter, if sufficiently magnified, show distinct striation of the walls, which are often penetrated by deep narrow depressions or “pits.”
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
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