foliation
Meanings
Расположение молодых листьев в почке
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Процесс ковки металла в тонкую пластину, лист, фольгу или ламину
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Покрытие амальгамой из оловянной фольги и ртути
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Филигрань, украшение
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Сланцеватость, расслоение
The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of being divided into plates or layers, due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, 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.