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noun

Folium n. (pl. E. foliums, L. folia)

A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate.

(Geom.) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x^(3) + y^(3) = axy.

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Etymology of 'Folium'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Folium" Quotes from Famous Books

... mineralogically) always into something else,—though that's my fault more than yours; but I must go straight on now. You have got a distinct notion, I hope, of leaf- crystals; and you see the sort of look they have: you can easily remember that "folium" is Latin for a leaf, and that the separate flakes of mica, or any other such stones, are called "folia;" but, because mica is the most characteristic of these stones, other things that are like it in structure are called "micas;" thus we have Uran-mica, ...

— The Ethics of the Dust • John Ruskin

... him, he first plucks a leaf of the wild Lettuce and touches his eyes with the juice thereof, by which means he obtains the widest perspicuity of vision. "Dicunt aquilam quum in altum volare voluerit ut prospiciat rerum naturas lactucoe sylvaticoe folium evellere et succo ejus sibi oculos tangere, et maximam ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

Words linked to "Folium" : formation, geological formation