Category:Stria

Stri"a, n.; pl. Striæ. Etym: [l., a furrow, channel, hollow.]

1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a Narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striæ, or Groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striæ On the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.

2. (arch.)

Defn: a fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. Oxf. Gloss.