foliation
Americannoun
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the act or process of putting forth leaves.
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the state of being in leaf.
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Botany.
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the arrangement of leaves within a bud.
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the arrangement of leaves on a plant.
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leaves or foliage.
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Printing. the consecutive numbering of the folios or leaves, as distinguished from pages, of a manuscript or book.
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the total number of such leaves.
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Petrology. a form of lamination produced in rocks by metamorphism.
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ornamentation with foliage, or an arrangement of foliage.
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Architecture.
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ornamentation with foils.
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ornamentation with representations of foliage.
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formation into thin sheets.
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the application of foil to glass to make a mirror.
noun
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botany
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the process of producing leaves
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the state of being in leaf
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the arrangement of leaves in a leaf bud; vernation
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architect
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ornamentation consisting of foliage
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ornamentation consisting of cusps and foils
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any decoration with foliage
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the consecutive numbering of the leaves of a book
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geology the arrangement of the constituents of a rock in leaflike layers, as in schists
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Origin of foliation
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Thumbnail: Folded foliation in a metamorphic rock from near Geirangerfjord, Norway.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The foliation and the sills are parallel to the steep slope.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The rock has split from bedrock along this foliation plane, and you can see that other weaknesses are present in the same orientation.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The rock also has a strong slaty foliation, which is horizontal in this view, and has developed because the rock was being squeezed during metamorphism.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
All these spaces are of some depth; each has in the centre a pendant, and in each the opening is fringed with tracery or foliation.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
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