Foliated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foliated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Foliating}.]
     1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon.
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     2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;


        as, to foliate a looking-glass.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foliated \Fo"li*a`ted\, a.
     1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated
        shell.
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     2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a
        foliated arch.
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     3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates
        or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
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     4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of
        laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica
        schist, etc.; schistose.
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     5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
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     {Foliated telluium}. (Min.) See {Nagyagite}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foliated
       adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a
              foliated capital" [syn: {foliate}]
       2: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
          or strata [syn: {foliate}, {foliaceous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "foliated":
     bowery, branched, branching, branchy, filmy, foliaceous, foliaged,
     foliate, foliose, in layers, lamellar, lamellate, lamellated,
     lamelliform, laminate, laminated, laminous, leaflike, leafy,
     leaved, leavy, membranous, ramate, ramified, ramose, ramous,
     scummy, spathic, spathose, stratified, stratiform, three-ply,
     twiggy, two-ply