foliate, foliated, foliaceous
(adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
foliate, foliated
(adjective) ornamented with foliage or foils; “foliate tracery”; “a foliated capital”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
foliated (not comparable)
(geology, of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers.
(architecture) Decorated with foliage.
(music) Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song melody.
foliated
simple past tense and past participle of foliate
Source: Wiktionary
Fo"li*a`ted, a.
1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
3. (Min.)
Definition: Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
4. (Geol.)
Definition: Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite.
Fo"li*ate (, a. Etym: [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.)
Definition: Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.
Fo"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating.]
1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.
2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 January 2025
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
