Foil

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Foil may refer to:

Materials

Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine
Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal
Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
Tin foil, metal foil made of tin, the direct predecessor to aluminium foil
Transparency (projection), as in "foil" (film over incandescent light) or "viewfoil"

Foil (fluid mechanics)
- Airfoil, a foil operating in air
- Hydrofoil, a foil operating in water
- Parafoil, a non-rigid airfoil, inflated during use
Foil bearing, a type of fluid bearing

Foil (architecture), decorative device derived from cusps of circles
Foil stamping, a printmaking technique
Foil (fencing), one of the three weapons used in modern fencing
Foil (literature), a subsidiary character who emphasizes the traits of a main character
- Comedic or comic foil, the straight man in a comedy double act
"Foil" (song), "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of Lorde's song "Royals"

Hydrofoil, a type of high-powered motorboat that uses underwater foils to lift its hull above the water when moving at high speeds
Bruce foil, a foil used on an outrigger to prevent a boat from heeling
Centerboard, a movable keel that functions as a foil
Foilboard, a surfboard using a hydrofoil

People in a police lineup
First Order Inductive Learner - a rule-based learning algorithm
The FOIL method, a mnemonic in algebra, to expand the product of two first-degree polynomials ("linear factors")
FOIL (programming language), either of two now-defunct computer programming languages
Forum of Indian Leftists, a political group of Indian intellectuals
Freedom of information legislation or Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)
Ultrasonic foil (papermaking), a type of high frequency vibrating foil involved in papermaking
Split tally, in ancient financial accounting, the part of a split tally stick given to the recipient in a transaction

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