Akademik

foliation

noun

1. (botany) the process of forming leaves

• Syn: ↑leafing

• Derivationally related forms: ↑foliate

• Topics: ↑botany, ↑phytology

• Hypernyms: ↑growth, ↑growing, ↑maturation, ↑development, ↑ontogeny, ↑ontogenesis

2. (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock

• Topics: ↑geology

• Hypernyms: ↑stratification

3. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament

• Syn: ↑foliage

• Derivationally related forms: ↑foliate (for: ↑foliage), ↑foliate

• Topics: ↑architecture

• Hypernyms: ↑architectural ornament

4. the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves

• Derivationally related forms: ↑foliate

• Hypernyms: ↑production

5. the work of coating glass with metal foil

• Derivationally related forms: ↑foliate

• Hypernyms: ↑application, ↑coating, ↑covering

Useful english dictionary. 2012.