Word Meaning

foliated definition and meaning

a. Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
v. t. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
v. t. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
imp. & p. p. of Foliate
a. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.
a. Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
a. Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
a. Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
a. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.