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foliation
(encz) | foliation,foliace Zdeněk Brož |
foliation
(encz) | foliation,foliování n: Zdeněk Brož |
foliation
(encz) | foliation,pučení listí n: Zdeněk Brož |
Foliation
(gcide) | Foliation \Fo"li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. foliation.]
1. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
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2. The manner in which the young leaves are dispo?ed within
the bud.
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The . . . foliation must be in relation to the stem.
--De Quincey.
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3. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil,
or lamina.
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4. The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and
quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.
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5. (Arch.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils,
arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the
ornaments. See Tracery.
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6. (Geol.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks,
of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the
cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or
hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or
cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any
mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it
having been produced by pressure.
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foliation
(wn) | foliation
n 1: (botany) the process of forming leaves [syn: foliation,
leafing]
2: (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
3: (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament [syn:
foliation, foliage]
4: the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin
leaves
5: the work of coating glass with metal foil |
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defoliation
(encz) | defoliation,defoliace n: Zdeněk Broždefoliation,odlistění n: Zdeněk Brož |
exfoliation
(encz) | exfoliation,odlupování n: Zdeněk Brožexfoliation,odprýskávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
defoliation
(gcide) | defoliation \de*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [LL. defoliare, defoliatum, to
shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d['e]foliation.]
The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the
falling or shedding of the leaves.
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2. the act or process of causing plants to lose their leaves,
especially by application of a chemical agent.
Note: The deliberate defoliation of plants has been used in
war (as in Vietnam) to deprive an enemy of cover and
allow attack from the air; also, to destroy
narcotic-producing plants as a tactic against illegal
drug production. The chemical defoliating agents are
often sprayed over large areas from airplanes.
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Exfoliation
(gcide) | Exfoliation \Ex*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. exfoliation.]
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the
state of being exfoliated.
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Foliation
(gcide) | Foliation \Fo"li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. foliation.]
1. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
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2. The manner in which the young leaves are dispo?ed within
the bud.
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The . . . foliation must be in relation to the stem.
--De Quincey.
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3. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil,
or lamina.
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4. The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and
quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.
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5. (Arch.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils,
arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the
ornaments. See Tracery.
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6. (Geol.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks,
of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the
cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or
hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or
cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any
mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it
having been produced by pressure.
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Praefoliation
(gcide) | Praefoliation \Pr[ae]*fo`li*a"tion\, n.
Same as Prefoliation. --Gray.
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Prefoliation
(gcide) | Prefoliation \Pre*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [Pref. pre- + L. folium
leaf.] (Bot.)
Vernation.
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Superfoliation
(gcide) | Superfoliation \Su`per*fo`li*a"tion\, n.
Excess of foliation. --Sir T. Browne.
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defoliation
(wn) | defoliation
n 1: the loss of foliage
2: causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as
by the use of chemicals) |
exfoliation
(wn) | exfoliation
n 1: the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin;
"exfoliation is increased by sunburn"
2: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the
skin [syn: scale, scurf, exfoliation] |
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