Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foliation

5 senses of foliation

Sense 1
foliation, leafing -- ((botany) the process of forming leaves)
       => growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis -- ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children")

Sense 2
foliation -- ((geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock)
       => stratification -- (forming or depositing in layers)

Sense 3
foliation, foliage -- ((architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament)
       => architectural ornament -- ((architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance)

Sense 4
foliation -- (the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves)
       => production -- (the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells")

Sense 5
foliation -- (the work of coating glass with metal foil)
       => application, coating, covering -- (the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";)