Definition of Foliation

1. Noun. (botany) the process of forming leaves.

Exact synonyms: Leafing
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Generic synonyms: Development, Growing, Growth, Maturation, Ontogenesis, Ontogeny
Derivative terms: Foliate

2. Noun. (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock.
Category relationships: Geology
Generic synonyms: Stratification

3. Noun. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament.
Exact synonyms: Foliage
Generic synonyms: Architectural Ornament
Category relationships: Architecture
Derivative terms: Foliate, Foliate

4. Noun. The production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves.
Generic synonyms: Production
Derivative terms: Foliate

5. Noun. The work of coating glass with metal foil.
Generic synonyms: Application, Coating, Covering
Derivative terms: Foliate

Definition of Foliation

1. n. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

Definition of Foliation

1. Noun. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves. ¹

2. Noun. The manner in which the young leaves are disposed within the bud. ¹

3. Noun. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina. ¹

4. Noun. The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses. ¹

5. Noun. The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. ¹

6. Noun. The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure. ¹

7. Noun. (topology) A set of submanifolds of a given manifold, each of which is of lower dimension than it, but which, taken together, are coextensive with it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foliation

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Medical Definition of Foliation

1. 1. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves. 2. The manner in which the young leaves are dispoed within the bud. " The . . . Foliation must be in relation to the stem." (De Quincey) 3. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina. 4. The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses. 5. The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery. 6. The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure. Origin: Cf. F. Foliation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foliation

folia linguae
foliaceous
foliage
foliage leaf
foliage volume
foliaged
foliagelike
foliages
folial
foliar
foliate
foliate papillae
foliated
foliates
foliating
foliation (current term)
foliations
foliature
folic
folic acid
folic acid antagonist
folic acid antagonists
folic acid conjugate
folic acid deaminase
folic acid deficiency
folic acid deficiency anaemia
folic acid oxidase
folie
folie a deux
folie du doute

Literary usage of Foliation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America by George Brettingham Sowerby, William Lonsdale, Edward Forbes, Charles Darwin (1897)
"PLUTONIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS:—CLEAVAGE AND foliation. ... at the end of the chapter I will sum up all the facts on cleavage and foliation,—to which I ..."

2. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"Production of foliation.—The most extreme form of contact-meta- morphism has been reserved for the last part of this section. In this case not only have new ..."

3. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"In order to estimate fairly the merits of this question, we must first define what is meant by the terms cleavage and foliation. There are four distinct ..."

4. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"Definition of joints, slaty cleavage and foliation—Supposed causes of time structures—Mechanical theory of cleavage—Condensation and elongation u; ..."

5. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"2 the foliation is parallel to these bedding planes, and therefore in all likelihood ... In the other cases the foliation crosses the main lines of bedding, ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1855)
"On the foliation of some Metamorphic Rocks in Scotland. By Professor EDWARD FORBES, FRS It was of great importance to geologists to distinguish between ..."

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