Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Foliated

Fo′li-aˊted

,
Adj.
1.
Having leaves, or leaflike projections;
as, a
foliated
shell
.
2.
(Arch.)
Containing, or consisting of, foils;
as, a
foliated
arch
.
3.
(Min.)
Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia;
as, graphite has a
foliated
structure
.
4.
(Geol.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foliated

FO'LIATED

, pp.
1.
Spread or covered with a thin plate or foil.
2.
In mineralogy, consisting of plates; resembling or in the form of a plate; lamellar; as a foliated fracture.
Minerals that consist of grains, and are at the same time foliated, are called granularly foliated.

Definition 2024

foliated

foliated

English

Adjective

foliated ‎(not comparable)

  1. (geology, of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers
  2. (architecture) Decorated with foliage

Similar Results