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Что (кто) такое Foil - определение
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
FOIL; Foil (disambiguation); Foils
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foil
(foils, foiling, foiled)
1.
Foil consists of sheets of metal as thin as paper. It is used to wrap food in.
Pour cider around the meat and cover with foil.
...aluminium foil.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you foil someone's plan or attempt to do something, for example to commit a crime, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want. (JOURNALISM)
A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers' by grabbing the raiders' shotgun...
= thwart
VERB: V n
3.
If you refer to one thing or person as a foil for another, you approve of the fact that they contrast with each other and go well together, often in a way that makes the second thing or person seem better or less harmful.
He thought of her serenity as a foil for his intemperance...
A cold beer is the perfect foil for a curry.
= complement
N-COUNT: usu sing, N for n [approval]
foil
I. v. a.
Defeat, frustrate, balk, baffle, thwart check, circumvent, disappoint, checkmate.
II. n.
1.
Film, flake, lamina (of metal).
2.
Contrast, background, set-off.
3.
Blunted rapier.
foil
foil1
¦ verb
1. prevent the success of.
2. Hunting (of a hunted animal) cross (a scent or track) in such a way as to confuse the hounds.
¦ noun
1. Hunting the track or scent of a hunted animal.
2. archaic a setback or defeat.
Origin
ME (in the sense 'trample down'): perh. from OFr. fouler 'to full cloth, trample', based on L. fullo 'fuller'.
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foil2
¦ noun
1. metal hammered or rolled into a thin flexible sheet.
a thin leaf of metal placed under a precious stone to increase its brilliance.
2. a person or thing that contrasts with and so enhances the qualities of another.
3. Architecture a leaf-shaped curve formed by the cusping of an arch or circle.
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. folium 'leaf'.
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foil3
¦ noun a light, blunt-edged fencing sword with a button on its point.
Derivatives
foilist noun
Origin
C16: of unknown origin.
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foil4
¦ noun each of the structures fitted to a hydrofoil's hull to lift it clear of the water at speed.
foil
n. aluminium (BE), aluminum (AE); gold; silver foil; tinfoil
FOIL
File Oriented Interpretive Language. CAI language.
["FOIL - A File Oriented Interpretive Language",
J.C. Hesselbart, Proc ACM 23rd National Conf (1968) ].
Foil
·noun The track or trail of an Animal.
II. Foil ·vt To tread under foot; to Trample.
IV. Foil ·noun A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
V. Foil ·noun Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
VI. Foil ·noun A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
VII. Foil ·noun Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
VIII. Foil ·noun A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
X. Foil ·noun A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass;
- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.
XI. Foil ·vt To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to Baffle; to Outwit; to Balk; to Frustrate; to Defeat.
XII. Foil ·noun The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, ·etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, ·etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.
Foil (metal)
VERY THIN SHEET METAL, USUALLY MADE BY HAMMERING OR ROLLING
Foil (chemistry); Metal foil
A foil is a very thin sheet of metal, typically made by hammering or rolling.Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia.
Foil, Missouri
UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY IN MISSOURI
Foil is an unincorporated community in northern Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately sixteen miles south of Ava on county roads 953 and 955.
Foil (narrative)
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CHARACTER WHO CONTRASTS WITH ANOTHER CHARACTER OF A NARRATIVE WORK
Character foil; Character Foil; Foil (literature); Foil (fiction)
In any narrative, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character; typically, a character who contrasts with the protagonist, in order to better highlight or differentiate certain qualities of the protagonist. A foil to the protagonist may also be the antagonist of the plot.
Foil (fluid mechanics)
SOLID OBJECT USED IN FLUID MECHANICS
A foil is a solid object with a shape such that when placed in a moving fluid at a suitable angle of attack the lift (force generated perpendicular to the fluid flow) is substantially larger than the drag (force generated parallel to the fluid flow). If the fluid is a gas, the foil is called an airfoil or aerofoil, and if the fluid is water the foil is called a hydrofoil.
