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The arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
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foliation
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Wikipedia
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Foliation in geology refers to repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks . Each layer may be as thin as a sheet of paper, or over a meter in thickness. The word comes from the Latin folium , meaning "leaf", and refers to the sheet-like planar structure. ...
WordNet
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n. (botany) the process of forming leaves [syn: leafing ] (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament [syn: foliage ] the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves the work ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Foliation \Fo"li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. foliation.] The process of forming into a leaf or leaves. The manner in which the young leaves are dispo?ed within the bud. The . . . foliation must be in relation to the stem. --De Quincey. The act of beating a metal ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (lb en botany) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves. 2 (lb en publishing) The process of forming into pages; pagination. 3 (lb en botany) The manner in which the young leaves are disposed within the bud. 4 The act of beating a metal into a ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Latin foliat- , stem of folium "a leaf" (see folio ).
Usage examples of foliation.
The original foliation seems to have been cut away, and the intermediate mullions extended to the points of the two lights.
Pattern after pattern of graceful foliation emerged till the design assumed the intricate complexity of the Egyptic style.
The foliation I mentioned above, which replaced body hair, would have helped establish a new ethics, but Mr.
I knew all about that collection of his, not only because I had had to listen to him for hours on the subject of sconces, foliation, ribbon wreaths in high relief and gadroon borders, but because I had what you might call a personal interest in it, once having stolen an eighteenth-century cow-creamer for him.
He saw, as before, the ranked landscapes, the intricate foliations, the mapped connections, the pulsing lights.