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Definition of Foliation

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

2. Noun. (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock.

3. Noun. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament.

4. Noun. The production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves.

5. Noun. The work of coating glass with metal foil.

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

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