foliation

foliation
foliation [fō΄lē ā′shən]
n.
[ML foliatio: see FOLIATE]
1. a growing of or developing into a leaf or leaves; leaf formation
2. the state of being in leaf
3. the way leaves are arranged in the bud; vernation
4. the act or process of beating metal into layers
5.
a) a splitting into leaflike layers: said of certain minerals
b) the property of splitting into such layers
c) such layers
6. the process of backing glass as with metal foil to make a mirror
7. the consecutive numbering of leaves, rather than pages, of a book
8.
a) a decorating with leaflike ornamentation
b) a leaflike decoration consisting of small arcs or foils

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  • Foliation — (v. lat.), die Belaubung, der Act, wodurch eine Pflanze Blätter erhält, od. auch die Gesammtheit der Blätter. Foliatus, beblättert …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • FOLIATION — n. f. T. de Botanique Disposition des feuilles autour de la tige. Il se dit aussi du Moment où les bourgeons commencent à développer leurs feuilles. L’époque de la foliation. Dans ce sens il est synonyme de FEUILLAISON …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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