FOIL
/fɔɪl/ · name
Meaning
- An acronym for the algorithm for multiplying two binomials.
- To apply the FOIL algorithm to.
- A very thin sheet of metal.
- A very thin sheet of plastic.
- Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
- A stylized flower or leaf.
- Clipping of hydrofoil.
- Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.
- To cover or wrap with foil.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- To tread underfoot; to trample.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- The track of an animal.
- To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To defile; to soil.
- A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.
Etymology / origin
Acronym of first outer inner last or similar.
- folia(la-lat)→
- fueille(Old French)→
- fueille(Middle French)→
- foyle(Middle English)→
- *bʰleh₃-(ine-pro)→
- FOIL (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- foilata(Finnish) (der)
- foili(Finnish) (bor)
- feuille(French) (cog)
- 포일(Korean) (bor)
- foja(Ladino) (cog)
- hoja(Spanish) (cog)
- ffwyl(Welsh) (bor)
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