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

There was, however, not a whisper of war, nor anything visible except the thin, pale line like a striation on the distant hills.

From Over There War Scenes on the Western Front by Bennett, Arnold