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Foliated   Listen
adjective
Foliated  adj.  
1.
Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.
2.
(Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
3.
(Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
4.
(Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
5.
Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite.





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"Foliated" Quotes from Famous Books



... walk, and admire on each occasion the vast proportions of the interior, the severe decoration of the walls, traced with broad foliated pattern and wainscoted with books of reference as high as hand can reach; the dread tribunal of librarians and keepers in session down yonder, on a kind of judgment-seat, at the end of the avenue whose carpet deadens all footsteps; ...
— The Ink-Stain, Complete • Rene Bazin


Words linked to "Foliated" :   foliate, stratified, foliaceous


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