1. Verb form
of Foliate
2. Adjective
Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.
3. Adjective
Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
4. Adjective
Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
5. Adjective
Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
6. Adjective
Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
7. Adjective
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
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