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.
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Foliation
//fəʊlɪˈeɪʃn//
Synonyms for "foliation" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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Translations
8 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese
1 entries- 叶层结构 noun (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)
Danish
1 entries- foliering noun (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)
French
1 entries- feuilletage noun (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)
German
1 entries- Blätterung noun (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)
Portuguese
1 entries- folheação noun (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)
Russian
1 entries- листоватость noun (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- folijacija noun (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)
Spanish
1 entries- foliación noun (topology: a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
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.
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The dominant strike orientation of both bedding and foliation of Vermont bedrock is north or northeasterly.
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They show that curved inclusion trails may form even with no coupling, as the porphyroblast overgrows foliation that is deflected around it.
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