foliation

[ foh-lee-ey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act or process of putting forth leaves.
the state of being in leaf.
Botany.
1. the arrangement of leaves within a bud.
2. the arrangement of leaves on a plant.
leaves or foliage.
Printing. the consecutive numbering of the folios or leaves, as distinguished from pages, of a manuscript or book.
the total number of such leaves.
Petrology. a form of lamination produced in rocks by metamorphism.
ornamentation with foliage, or an arrangement of foliage.
Architecture.
1. ornamentation with foils.
2. ornamentation with representations of foliage.
formation into thin sheets.
the application of foil to glass to make a mirror.

foliation

/ ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃən /

botany
1. the process of producing leaves
2. the state of being in leaf
3. the arrangement of leaves in a leaf bud; vernation
architect
1. ornamentation consisting of foliage
2. ornamentation consisting of cusps and foils
any decoration with foliage
the consecutive numbering of the leaves of a book
geology the arrangement of the constituents of a rock in leaflike layers, as in schists

foliation

/ fō′lē-ā′shən /

The set of layers visible in many metamorphic rocks as a result of the flattening and stretching of mineral grains during metamorphism.

First recorded in 1615–25; foliate + -ion

The recesses on the sides of the other cusps indicate their single or double lines of foliation.

Between the asterisk in my text (supra) and the one following ford before the foliation mark f. 364, the ai.

On the oak-beamed ceiling, across the ivory rosettes, a single bar of red sunlight lay, broken by rafter and plaster foliation.

The design of the slab on the south, formerly the back, is also rude foliation.

Simple Gothic foliation is merely the triple, quadruple, or variously multiple repetition of such intersection.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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