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striate
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stri·ate  (strt)
tr.v. stri·at·ed, stri·at·ing, stri·ates
To mark with striae or striations.
adj. also stri·at·ed (-td)
1. Marked with striae; striped, grooved, or ridged.
2. Consisting of a stria or striae.

[From Latin stritus, furrowed, from stria, furrow; see stria.]

striate
adj [ˈstraɪɪt] also striated
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) marked with striae; striped
vb [ˈstraɪeɪt]
(tr) to mark with striae
[from Latin striāre to make grooves, from stria]
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Verb1.striate - mark with striae or striations
mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
Adj.1.striate - marked with stria or striations


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In other words, while Atonist cultural logic striates racial and ethnic categories, the unique, or that which does not fit already fixed categories, disrupts the striating assumptions that subtend racial categories because it exceeds such limits; it moves as if within a smooth space.
 
 
 
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