folia

[foh-lee-uh]

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noun

plural of folium.

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noun

a wild and noisy Portuguese carnival dance accompanied by tambourines, performed at a frantic pace by men dressed as women and often carrying masked boys on their shoulders.

Origin:
see folía

noun, plural fo·lí·as

[Sp. -lee-ahs] .

an early medieval Iberian dance accompanied by mime and songs, performed during celebrations of the solstice and New Year festivals.

Origin:
1780–85; < Spanish folía or Portuguese folia literally, madness, folly ≪ Old Provençal, equivalent to fol foolish, mad + -ia -y³; see fool¹, folly

noun, plural fo·li·a

[-lee-uh] .

a thin leaflike stratum or layer; a lamella.

Geometry. a loop; part of a curve terminated at both ends by the same node. Equation: x³ + y³ = 3axy.

Origin:
1840–50; < Neo-Latin, Latin: literally, a leaf

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folia (ˈfəʊlɪə)

—n
	the plural of folium

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folium (fō'lē-əm) Pronunciation Key
Plural folia

A thin, leaflike layer or stratum occurring especially in metamorphic rock.
A plane cubic curve having a single loop, a node, and two ends asymptotic to the same line. Also called folium of Descartes.

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