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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Foliating.]
     1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;
        as, to foliate a looking-glass.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Foliated \Fo"li*a`ted\, a.
     1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated
        shell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a
        foliated arch.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates
        or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of
        laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica
        schist, etc.; schistose.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Foliating.]
     1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon.
  
     2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;
        as, to foliate a looking-glass.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Foliated \Fo"li*a`ted\, a.
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  foliated
       adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a
              foliated capital" [syn: foliate]
       2: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
          or strata [syn: foliate, foliaceous]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  foliated
     a.
     1 (lb en geology of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers.
     2 (lb en architecture) Decorated with foliage.
     3 (lb en music) Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song
  melody.
     vb.
     (infl of en foliate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  foliated
     a.
     1 (lb en geology of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers.
     2 (lb en architecture) Decorated with foliage.
     3 (lb en music) Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song
  melody.
     vb.
     (infl of en foliate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  foliated
     a.
     1 (lb en geology of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers.
     2 (lb en architecture) Decorated with foliage.
     3 (lb en music) Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song
  melody.
     vb.
     (infl of en foliate  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  foliated
     a.
     1 (lb en geology of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers.
     2 (lb en architecture) Decorated with foliage.
     3 (lb en music) Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song
  melody.
     vb.
     (infl of en foliate  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Foliated /fˈəʊlɪˌeɪtɪd/
  مورّق

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  foliated /fˈəʊlɪˌeɪtɪd/ 
  lístkový