"foliation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fəʊlɪˈeɪʃn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foliation.wav Forms: foliations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French foliation, from Latin folium (“leaf”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|foliation}} French foliation, {{uder|en|la|folium||leaf}} Latin folium (“leaf”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foliation (countable and uncountable, plural foliations)
  1. (botany) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms (growth and arrangement of leaves): vernation
    Sense id: en-foliation-en-noun-JA7s1xqO Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'growth and arrangement of leaves': 34 4 4 26 9 5 5 5 8
  2. (publishing) The process of forming into pages; pagination. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Publishing Synonyms (process of forming pages): pagination
    Sense id: en-foliation-en-noun-muixftwc Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 15 12 5 2 17 9 13 10 6 6 Topics: media, publishing Disambiguation of 'process of forming pages': 32 51 2 2 2 3 2 2 4
  3. (codicology, publishing) The numbering of the folios of a manuscript or a book. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Publishing
    Sense id: en-foliation-en-noun-DI9kt9LD Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 4 15 7 4 19 11 20 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 15 12 5 2 17 9 13 10 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 3 13 6 4 22 12 19 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 4 12 8 6 19 12 18 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 4 13 8 5 20 11 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 4 11 8 8 21 10 17 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 3 13 8 5 21 11 18 14 Topics: codicology, history, human-sciences, media, publishing, sciences
  4. (botany) The manner in which the young leaves are disposed within the bud. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-foliation-en-noun-xN6ku8bK Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  5. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  6. The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  7. The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-foliation-en-noun-OHH71IwO Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 5 9 9 7 20 11 13 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 4 15 7 4 19 11 20 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 3 13 6 4 22 12 19 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 4 12 8 6 19 12 18 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 4 13 8 5 20 11 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 3 13 8 5 21 11 18 14
  8. (geology) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of being divided into plates or layers, 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-foliation-en-noun-juOBqR0h Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 5 9 9 7 20 11 13 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 4 15 7 4 19 11 20 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 15 12 5 2 17 9 13 10 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 3 13 6 4 22 12 19 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 4 12 8 6 19 12 18 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 4 13 8 5 20 11 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 4 11 8 8 21 10 17 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 3 13 8 5 21 11 18 14 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  9. (topology) A set of submanifolds of a given manifold, each of which is of lower dimension than it, but which, taken together, are coextensive with it. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Topology Translations (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold): 叶层结构 (yè céng jiégòu) (Chinese), foliering [common-gender] (Danish), feuilletage [masculine] (French), Blätterung [feminine] (German), folheação [feminine] (Portuguese), листоватость (listovatostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), folijacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), foliación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-foliation-en-noun-xw0mQEpJ Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 5 9 9 7 20 11 13 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 4 15 7 4 19 11 20 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 15 12 5 2 17 9 13 10 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 3 13 6 4 22 12 19 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 4 12 8 6 19 12 18 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 4 13 8 5 20 11 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 4 11 8 8 21 10 17 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 3 13 8 5 21 11 18 14 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology Disambiguation of 'topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold': 4 4 5 5 3 10 4 8 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oblique foliation Related terms: defoliation, exfoliate, exfoliation, foliate, folio, folium, refoliation, cleavage [geology, geography, natural-sciences], lineation [geology, geography, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "listovatostʹ",
      "sense": "topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "листоватость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folijacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foliación"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Foliation (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "foliation"
}

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