exfoliation

exfoliation
   The process by which concentric scales, plates, or shells of rock, from less than a centimeter to several meters in thickness, are successively spalled or stripped from the bare surface of a large rock mass. It often results in a rounded rock mass or dome-shaped hill.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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  • exfoliation — [ ɛksfɔljasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1478; lat. exfoliatio ♦ Le fait de s exfolier; son résultat. Exfoliation de l écorce d un arbre. Lamelles qui se détachent par exfoliation (écailles, plaques). ♢ Méd. Élimination, sous forme de lamelles, de certaines… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Exfoliation — has several meanings: * Exfoliation (botany) describes the loss of leaves (or, in some cases, pieces of bark) from a plant. * Exfoliation (cosmetology), is a cosmetic technique aimed at removing dead skin cells from the face and body. *… …   Wikipedia

  • Exfoliation — Ex*fo li*a tion, n. [Cf. F. exfoliation.] The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Exfoliation — Exfoliation. См. Расслоение. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • Exfoliation — (v. lat.), Abblätterung; E. der Knochen, Abblätterung der Knochen, Trennung durch Brand (Nekrosis) abgestorbener, kleiner, blätteriger od. anderer Knochenstücke, als Heilproceß der Natur. Daher Exfoliations (Exfoliativ ) trepan, s.u. Trepan …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Exfolĭation — (lat.), Abblätterung, Zerstörung von Organen, z. B. Knochen, so daß sich von denselben dünne, flächenhaft ausgedehnte Schichten abstoßen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Exfoliation — (lat.), Abblätterung, Abschieferung der Knochen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Exfoliation — Exfoliation, lat., chirurg. Operation, bei welcher von einem harten Körper schichtenweise abgeschnitten wird …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Exfoliation —   [zu lateinisch folium »Blatt«, also eigentlich »Entblättern«] die, / en, spontane (unmerkliche) Abschilferung abgestorbener Deckzellen von Haut und Schleimhaut, krankhaft gesteigert bei entzündlichen Vorgängen und Tumoren. Die… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • exfoliation — early 15c., noun of action from L. exfoliare (see EXFOLIATE (Cf. exfoliate)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • exfoliation — /eks foh lee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act, state, or process of exfoliating. 2. the state of being exfoliated. 3. something that is exfoliated or scaled off. [1670 80; NL exfoliation (s. of exfoliatio). See EXFOLIATE, ION] * * * ▪ geology… …   Universalium

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