Foliated
Pronunciation : Fo"li*a`ted
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913