[syn: foliate, foliated, foliaceous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foliated
adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a
foliated capital" [syn: foliate, foliated]
2: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
or strata [syn: foliate, foliated, foliaceous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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