foliated
foliated is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 22 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- discoid
- filmy
- flaky
- foliaceous
- graphitic
- lamellar
- lamellated
- lamelliform
- laminated
- laminiferous
- membranous
- micaceous
- pellicular
- scaly
- schistose
- schistous
- spathic
- spathose
- squamous
- stratified
- stratiform
- tabular
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is foliated.
- What is containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch called?
- What is characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure called?
- What is laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose called?
- What is spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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