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folium
[ foh-lee-uhm ]
noun
- a thin leaflike stratum or layer; a lamella.
- Geometry. a loop; part of a curve terminated at both ends by the same node. Equation: x 3 + y 3 = 3 axy.
folium
/ ˈ´Úəʊ±ôɪə³¾ /
noun
- a plane geometrical curve consisting of a loop whose two ends, intersecting at a node, are asymptotic to the same line. Standard equation: x ³ + y ³=3²¹ xy where x = y +a is the equation of the line
- any thin leaflike layer, esp of some metamorphic rocks
folium
/ ´ÚÅ′±ôŧ-É™³¾ /
, Plural folia
- A thin, leaflike layer or stratum occurring especially in metamorphic rock.
- A plane cubic curve having a single loop, a node, and two ends asymptotic to the same line.
- Also called folium of Descartes
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of folium1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of folium1
Example Sentences
Look with insight into a small corner of the musical past, we learn from Savall, and history itself is folia writ large.
On my way to something else on YouTube, I happened on a word that invariably stops me dead: “folia,†meaning “madness†in several languages.
The host fungus for Liparis liliiÂfolia wasn’t common in the wild, but the orchid would germinate if the fungus was added.
When the bands of folia are very fine and tortuous the structure is called helizitic.
Of these, among the earliest to present themselves are usually the micas, that impart their characteristic silvery sheen to the surfaces of the folia along which they spread.
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