a. 1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite. [ 1913 Webster ]