striping
striping Lexical Profile
striping Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A pattern, arrangement, or decorative application of stripes or bands of contrasting color, especially painted lines on a road surface, parking lot, or vehicle.
"The municipal crew worked overnight to apply fresh reflective striping along the newly repaved highway."
In computing, the segmentation of sequential data across multiple physical storage drives so that separate segments can be accessed concurrently to improve input/output performance.
"Configuring the server array with disk striping significantly increased read and write speeds for large video files."
• verb
To mark, paint, or decorate a surface with stripes or long, narrow bands of contrasting color or texture (present participle of 'stripe').
"Workers spent the morning striping the athletic field with chalk before the championship tournament began."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'striping' (pronounced with a long 'i', from 'stripe', meaning marking with bands of color) with 'stripping' (pronounced with a short 'i', from 'strip', meaning removing an outer layer or covering).