<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement: striae of muscle fiber</li><li>any of a series of parallel lines or tiny grooves on the surface of a crystal, indicative of the mode of growth</li><li>a flute on the shaft of a column</li><li>the act of girding or encompassing</li></ul>