foliatedadjective
uk/ˈfəʊ.li.eɪ.tɪd/us/ˈfoʊ.liˌeɪ.t̬ɪd/specializedgeology used to refer to rocks consisting of thin layers that can be separated
architecture decorated with leaf-shaped curves
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- Pliocene
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- rocky
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foliation
noun [ U ] /ˌfəʊ.liˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌfoʊ.liˈeɪ.ʃən/
Examples from literature
- Arsenic, in the metallic state, is of a whitish-grey color, high lustre, and is crystalline, of a foliated structure, and is so brittle that it can be pulverized.
- The strike of large masses of foliated gneiss is parallel with the major axis of the Lake, and all are tilted on edge.
- Where masses of fissile and foliated rocks alternate together, the cleavage and foliation, in all cases which I have seen, are parallel.