What does "foliated" mean?
Foliated: (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
Additional senses
- 2.(Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
- 3.(Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
- 4.Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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