Fo"li*a`ted (?), a.

1.

Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.

2. Arch.

Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.

3. Min.

Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.

4. Geol.

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.

 

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