See Also: actuation(dictionary)

foliole (iou) and actuation (iou)


foliole (iou)



foliole noun. M18.
[French from Latin foliolum dim. of folium leaf: see -OLE1.]
Botany. Each of the divisions of a compound leaf; a leaflet. M18.
Zoology. A small leaflike appendage. M19.

actuation (iou)



actuation noun. E17.
[In early use from medieval Latin actuatio(n-), formed as ACTUATE; later from prec.: see -ATION.]
A communication of motion; a bringing into action; impulse, movement.