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1. (botany) the process of forming leaves
   - leafing
    
2. (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
    
3. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
   - foliage
    
4. The production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves
    
5. The work of coating glass with metal foil
    
6. (mathematics) a set of lower-dimension manifolds that a given manifold can be decomposed into

Derived forms: foliations

See also: foliate

Type of: application, architectural ornament, coating, covering, development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, production, stratification

Encyclopedia: Foliation