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foliation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | foliage |
| Type of | architectural ornament |
| Derivation | foliate |
foliation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | leafing |
| Type of | maturation, ontogeny, development, ontogenesis, growing, growth |
| Derivation | foliate |
foliation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | stratification |
foliation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | production |
| Derivation | foliate |
foliation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | covering, coating, application |
| Derivation | foliate |
Examples of foliation
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Granite may form foliation due to frictional drag on viscous magma by the wall rocks.
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A phacolith is a pluton parallel to the bedding plane or foliation of folded country rock.
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They suggest that structures such as pervasive foliation are a result of load compaction.
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To qualify for the name a rock must also exhibit schistosity or some foliation or layering.
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These rocks commonly exhibit distinct bands of differing mineralogy and colors, called foliation.
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Often this foliation is associated with diagenetic metamorphism and low-grade burial metamorphism.
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The foliation of a rock is a planar feature that often contains a linear feature called lineation.
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Foliation is any penetrative planar fabric present in rocks.
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Foliation is common to rocks affected by regional metamorphic compression typical of orogenic belts.
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- (botany) the process of forming leaves
- (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
- (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
- The production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves
- The work of coating glass with metal foil
- (foliate) decorate with leaves
- In mathematics, a foliation is a geometric device used to study manifolds, consisting of an integrable subbundle of the tangent bundle. A foliation looks locally like a decomposition of the manifold as a union of parallel submanifolds of smaller dimension.
- Foliation is any penetrative planar fabric present in rocks. Foliation is common to rocks affected by regional metamorphic compression typical of orogenic belts. ...
- (foliate) to form into leaves; of or relating to leaves; shaped like a leaf; foliated
