foliated

Fo"li*a`ted, a. 1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell. 2. (Arch.) Defn: Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch. 3. (Min.) Defn: Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure. 4. (Geol.) Defn: 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.

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