foliums

Noun

folium (countable and uncountable, plural foliums or folia)

1. (rare) A leaf.
   • 278.0 common walnut-tree folium1994, Tamás Fazekas, Béla Selmeczi, Pál Stefanovits, Magnesium in Biological Systems, page 281
2. A leaf (2 pages) of a codex or manuscript.
   • But Barwick and Robinson both investigated V, and inform us that V leaves almost a full folium vacant (only the first two lines of folium 227 being occupied by the text before the lacuna).1979, California Studies in Classical Antiquity - Volume 12, page 225
3. A document that acts as the legal record of a transaction.
   • Giving tallies was a royal mode of contracting debts by our early sovereigns, as Exchequer bills have been the means of raising loans in our times: indeed, the Exchequer bill was the counter-tally, or folium of the tally; and the court of Exchequer has existed in its late order since the days of...1834 November 8, “Tallies”, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, number 690, page 326
   1. (especially) A certificate of title.
      • There may nevertheless be a separate certificate and folium for any derived estate deed.1872, Registration of Title (Australian Colonies), page 6464
4. A thin sheet or plate of a foliated rock or mineral.
   • By varying the supposed angle of the tilt, our previously inclined folia can be thrown into any angle between 26 degrees, which is the least possible angle, and 90 degrees; but if a small inclination be thus given to them, their point of dip will depart far from the north, and therefore not accord...1846, Charles Darwin, Geological Observations on South America
5. A lobe on a branching structure.
   • The folia of these project considerably beyond the level of the soft cœnenchyma, and produce a very rugose appearance.1906, John Arthur Thomson, William Dawson Henderson, James J. Simpson, An Account of the Alcyonarians Collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean, page 230

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