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foliation

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9 lettersPronunciation /fəʊlɪˈeɪʃn/Part of speech nounSorted afiilnootStarts with FEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the work of coating glass with metal foil

Word origin

From French foliation, from Latin folium (“leaf”).

Used in a sentence

  • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
  • Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist.
  • The dominant strike orientation of both bedding and foliation of Vermont bedrock is north or northeasterly.

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