foliation

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Synonyms: filiation, volition, collation, formation, spoliation, nolition, sociation, volitation, feriation, taliation, foveation

Antonyms: filiation, volition, collation, formation, spoliation, nolition, sociation, volitation, feriation, taliation, foveation

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|botany}} The process of [[form]]ing into a [[leaf]] or leaves.
2. {{lb|en|publishing}} The process of forming into [[page]]s; [[pagination]].
3. {{lb|en|codicology|publishing}} The numbering of the [[folio|folios]] of a [[manuscript]] or a [[book]].
4. {{lb|en|botany}} The manner in which the young leaves are disposed within the [[bud]].
5. The act of beating a [[metal]] into a thin [[plate]], leaf, [[foil]], or [[lamina]].
6. The act of coating with an [[amalgam]] of [[tin]] foil and [[quicksilver]], as in making [[looking-glass]]es.
7. The [[enrichment]] of an opening by means of foils, arranged in [[trefoil]]s, [[quatrefoil]]s, etc.; also, one of the [[ornament]]s.
8. {{lb|en|geology}} The property, possessed by some [[crystalline]] [[rock]]s, of being divided into [[plate]]s or [[layer]]s, due to the [[cleavage]] structure of one of the [[constituent]]s, as [[mica]] or [[hornblende]]. It may sometimes include [[slaty]] structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any [[mineral]] constituent, and [[transverse]] to the [[bedding]], it having been produced by [[pressure]].
9. {{lb|en|topology}} A [[set]] of [[submanifold]]s of a given [[manifold]], each of which is of lower [[dimension]] than it, but which, taken together, are [[coextensive]] with it.

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