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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

परतदार

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paratdar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Foliated/ˈfoʊ.li.eɪ.tɪd/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"यह रूपांतरित चट्टान परतदार संरचना दर्शाती है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Consisting of thin sheets, layers, or laminae, especially as applied to rocks or minerals.

    "The metamorphic rock sample was distinctly foliated, showing alternating bands of light and dark minerals."
  2. 2

    Decorated with leaf or foil-like ornamentation, such as in architecture or bookbinding.

    "The medieval manuscript featured intricately foliated margins embellished with gold leaf."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'foliatus' meaning 'leafed' or 'having leaves', stemming from 'folium' (leaf). It entered the English language in the early 17th century, initially used in botany to describe leaves, and later expanded into geology (describing layered rock structures) and architecture (ornamented with leaf-like designs).

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