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folium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun folium has 1 sense
- folium(n = noun.object) Array - a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock; Array is a kind of formation, geological formation
Derived form adjective foliaceous3
CIDE DICTIONARY
folium, n. [L., a leaf.].
- A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate. [1913 Webster]
- A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is
x . [1913 Webster]3 + y3 = axy
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