foliation
English Thesaurus
1. the work of coating glass with metal foil (noun.act)
2. the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | production, |
| definition | : | the act or process of producing something (noun.act) |
3. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | architectural ornament, |
| definition | : | (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | architecture, |
| definition | : | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings (noun.cognition) |
4. (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | stratification, |
| definition | : | forming or depositing in layers (noun.process) |
| domain category | : | geology, |
| definition | : | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks (noun.cognition) |
5. (botany) the process of forming leaves (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, |
| definition | : | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level (noun.process) |
| domain category | : | botany, phytology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies plants (noun.cognition) |
6. the work of coating glass with metal foil (noun.act)
| derivation | : | foliate, |
| definition | : | coat or back with metal foil (verb.contact) |
7. the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves (noun.act)
| derivation | : | foliate, |
| definition | : | hammer into thin flat foils (verb.creation) |
8. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | foliate, |
| definition | : | decorate with leaves (verb.creation) |
9. (botany) the process of forming leaves (noun.process)
| derivation | : | foliate, |
| definition | : | grow leaves (verb.change) |
10. the work of coating glass with metal foil (noun.act)
| derivation | : | foliate, |
| definition | : | coat or back with metal foil (verb.contact) |
11. the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves (noun.act)
| derivation | : | foliate, |
| definition | : | hammer into thin flat foils (verb.creation) |
12. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | foliate, |
| definition | : | decorate with leaves (verb.creation) |
13. (botany) the process of forming leaves (noun.process)
| derivation | : | foliate, |
| definition | : | grow leaves (verb.change) |
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