stripe
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
stripe
n 1: an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color
or material [syn: {band}, {banding}, {stripe}]
2: a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military
rank or length of service
3: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;
"they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: {chevron},
{stripe}, {stripes}, {grade insignia}]
4: a kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in
opposition to the proposal"
5: a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the
background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars";
"may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: {stripe},
{streak}, {bar}]
v 1: mark with stripes
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stripe \Stripe\, n. [OD. strijpe a stripe, streak; akin to LG.
stripe, D. streep, Dan. stribe, G. strief, striefen, MHG.
striefen to glide, march.]
1. A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a
different color or structure from the ground; hence, any
linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or
streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
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2. (Weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads
in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some
other contrast of appearance.
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3. A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a
different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a
garment.
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4. A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the
like, such as usually leaves a mark.
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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
--Deut. xxv.
3.
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5. A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow
of a lash, rod, or the like.
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Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes.
--Thomson.
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6. Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing
characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the
same political stripe. [Colloq. U.S.]
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7. pl. (Mil.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned
officer.
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{Stars and Stripes}. See under {Star}, n.
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
data striping
disk striping
stripe
stripe set
striping
<storage> Segmentation of logically {sequential} data, such as
a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple
physical devices (usually {disk drives}) in a {round-robin}
fashion. This technique is useful if the processor is capable
of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can
supply or accept it. While data is being transferred from the
first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment.
Data striping is used in some modern {databases}, such as
{Sybase}, and in certain {RAID} devices under hardware
control, such as {IBM}'s {RAMAC} array subsystem (9304/9395).
Data striping is different from, and may be used in
conjunction with, {mirroring}.
(1996-10-17)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
285 Moby Thesaurus words for "stripe":
Hershey bar, animus, aptitude, aviation badge, badge, band,
bandeau, bar, baste, bastinado, beat, belabor, belt, bent,
bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bias, birch, blaze, blaze a trail,
blemish, blood, blotch, body-build, box, brand, breed, buffet,
cane, cast, chalk, chalk up, character, characteristic,
characteristics, check, check off, checker, chevron, chicken,
cicatrize, clan, class, club, color, complexion, composition,
constituents, constitution, cowhide, crack, crasis, craze,
cross-hatching, cudgel, cuff, cut, dapple, dash, define, delimit,
delineation, demarcate, denomination, description, designation,
dharma, diagonal, diathesis, discolor, disposition, dot,
dotted line, drub, eagle, eccentricity, engrave, epaulet, ethos,
feather, fiber, fillet, flagellate, flail, flake, flap, fleck,
flog, form, frame, freckle, fustigate, gash, genius, genre, genus,
give a whipping, give the stick, grain, habit, hachure, hairline,
harlequin, hash mark, hatch, hatching, hide, horsewhip, hue, humor,
humors, idiosyncrasy, ilk, impress, imprint, inclination,
individualism, insignia of branch, iris, kidney, kin, kind, knout,
label, lace, lash, lather, lay on, leaning, length, line,
lineation, list, lot, maculate, make, make a mark, makeup, manner,
marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, mental set, mettle,
mind, mind-set, mold, motley, mottle, nature, nick, notch, number,
oak leaf, order, organization insignia, overseas bar,
parachute badge, patch, pencil, pepper, persuasion, phylum,
physique, pip, pistol-whip, point, polychrome, polychromize,
pommel, predilection, predisposition, preference, prick, print,
proclivity, propensity, property, pummel, punch, punctuate,
puncture, quality, race, rainbow, rawhide, ribbon, riddle, scar,
scarify, score, scotch, scourge, scratch, seal, seam,
service stripe, set, shape, shoulder patch,
shoulder sleeve insignia, slant, slap, slash, smack, smite,
somatotype, sort, spangle, spank, species, speck, speckle, spirit,
splotch, spot, spread eagle, sprinkle, stain, stamp, star,
stigmatize, stipple, strain, strake, strap, streak, streaking,
stria, striate, striation, striature, striga, string, striola,
strip, striping, stroke, stud, style, sublineation,
submarine badge, suchness, swinge, switch, system, tattoo, temper,
temperament, tendency, tenor, tessellate, the like of,
the likes of, thrash, thump, tick, tick off, tone, trace, tribe,
trounce, truncheon, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, underline,
underlining, underscore, underscoring, variegate, variety, vein,
virgule, wallop, warp, way, whale, whip, whop, yerk
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