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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fo•li•a•tion (fō′lē ā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Botanythe act or process of putting forth leaves.
- Botanythe state of being in leaf.
- [Bot.]
- Botanythe arrangement of leaves within a bud.
- Botanythe arrangement of leaves on a plant.
- Botanyleaves or foliage.
- Printingthe consecutive numbering of the folios or leaves, as distinguished from pages, of a manuscript or book.
- Printingthe total number of such leaves.
- Rocks[Petrol.]a form of lamination produced in rocks by metamorphism.
- ornamentation with foliage, or an arrangement of foliage.
- Architecture
- Architectureornamentation with foils.
- Architectureornamentation with representations of foliage.
- formation into thin sheets.
- Metallurgy, Ceramicsthe application of foil to glass to make a mirror.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: foliation /ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃən/ n - the process of producing leaves
- the state of being in leaf
- the arrangement of leaves in a leaf bud; vernation
- ornamentation consisting of foliage
- the consecutive numbering of the leaves of a book
- the arrangement of the constituents of a rock in leaflike layers, as in schists
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