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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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These are, of course, the very "techniques" employed by the detective in his efforts to maintain the social fabric, meaning the detective both relies upon what Deleuze and Guattari term the striating logic of Western science and also--particularly in his surveillance of the city--perpetuates that logic by rationally ordering the spaces he observes.
Crossing Western space, or the HooDoo detective on the boundary in ... by Swope, Richard / African American Review
 
 
 
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