Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A flat object or opening with scalloped edges or ornaments.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In architecture, decoration, etc., having more than five foils or arcuate divisions: as, a multifoil arch.
  • noun Multifoil ornament.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Arch.), rare An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.
  • adjective Having more than five divisions or foils.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun architecture A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of a set of partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

multi- +‎ foil

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Examples

  • These facades are supported on independent laminated timber framing - from sustainable managed sources - with all opening sections clad with TRESPA and lined with TriIso multifoil insulation to maintain the u-value of the façade.

    Dezeen 2009

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