'Foliated' definitions:
Definition of 'foliated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" [syn: foliate, foliated]
adjective
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata [syn: foliate, foliated, foliaceous]
Definition of 'Foliated'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Foliated'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'foliated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bowery,
- branched,
- branching,
- branchy,
- filmy,
- foliaceous,
- foliaged,
- foliate,
- foliose,
- in layers,
- lamellar,
- lamellate,
- lamellated,
- lamelliform,
- laminate,
- laminated,
- laminous,
- leaflike,
- leafy,
- leaved,
- leavy,
- membranous,
- ramate,
- ramified,
- ramose,
- ramous,
- scummy,
- spathic,
- spathose,
- stratified,
- stratiform,
- three-ply,
- twiggy,
- two-ply