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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



... that would matter little, were it not beyond thoughts too. But, at all events, this yellow leaf of dead gold, shed, not from the ruined woodlands, but the ruined rocks, will help you to remember the second kind of crystals, LEAF-crystals, or FOLIATED crystals, though I show you the form in gold first only to make a strong impression on you, for gold is not generally or characteristically, crystallized in leaves; the real type of foliated crystals is this thing, Mica; which if you once feel well and ...
— The Ethics of the Dust • John Ruskin
... compare the versus of the Middle Ages with the stiff sculptures on a Romanesque font, lifelessly reminiscent of decadent classical art; while the moduli, in their freshness, elasticity, and vigour of invention, resemble the floral scrolls, foliated cusps, and grotesque basreliefs of ...
— Wine, Women, and Song - Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse • Various


Words linked to "Foliated" :   foliage, stratified, bedded, foliaceous


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