Found 2 items, similar to Folium.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: folium
folium
n : a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
[also:
folia (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Folium
Folium
\Fo"li*um\, n.; pl. E.
Foliums, L.
Folia. [L., a
leaf.]
1. A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geom.) 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^
3 + y^
3 = axy.
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