folium

[ foh-lee-uh m ]

/ ˈfoʊ li əm /

noun, plural fo·li·a [foh-lee-uh] /ˈfoʊ li ə/.

a thin leaflike stratum or layer; a lamella.

Geometry. a loop; part of a curve terminated at both ends by the same node. Equation: x3 + y3 = 3axy.

Nearby words

folio verso, foliolate, foliole, foliose, folious, folium, folivore, folivorous, folk, folk art, folk dance

Origin of folium

1840–50; < New Latin, Latin: literally, a leaf

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Examples from the Web for folium

With Folium, in Latin, is rightly associated the word Flos; for the flower is only a group of singularly happy leaves.
Proserpina, Volume 1|John Ruskin
Foliaceous, belonging to, or of the texture or nature of, a leaf (folium).
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
The branches run for some distance parallel to the axis of the folium and terminate in unbranched ends.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4|Various
In its leaves we have a good example of the folium mucronatum.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 13|William Curtis

British Dictionary definitions for folium

folium

/ (ˈfəʊlɪəm) /

noun plural -lia (-lɪə)

a plane geometrical curve consisting of a loop whose two ends, intersecting at a node, are asymptotic to the same line. Standard equation: x ³ + y ³=3a xy where x = y +a is the equation of the line

any thin leaflike layer, esp of some metamorphic rocks

Word Origin for folium

C19: from Latin, literally: leaf

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Medicine definitions for folium

folium

[ fō′lē-əm ]

n. pl. fo•li•a (-lē-ə)

A broad, thin, leaflike structure, as of the cerebellar cortex.

Science definitions for folium

folium

[ fō′lē-əm ]

Plural folia

A thin, leaflike layer or stratum occurring especially in metamorphic rock.

A plane cubic curve having a single loop, a node, and two ends asymptotic to the same line. Also called folium of Descartes