band, banding, stria, striation
(noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; “chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands”; “the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps”
stria, striation
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
striae
plural of stria
• satire, terais, terasi
Source: Wiktionary
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.)
Definition: A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. Oxf. Gloss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
