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gold foil

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gold foil
n.
Gold rolled or beaten into sheets somewhat thicker than gold leaf.
gold foil
n
(Engineering / Metallurgy) thin gold sheet that is thicker than gold leaf
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Noun1.gold foilgold foil - foil made of gold                    
foil - a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
gold leaf - a very thin form of gold foil
atomic number 79, Au, gold - a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia


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The Golden Children's Bible reissues a classic first published in 1964, presenting new generations with a new cover with gold foil but retaining the foundations which made it so popular to prior generations.
The Golden Children's Bible by Children's Bookwatch
The first transistor, invented in 1947, was a centimeter-long slab of germanium pressed against the point of a triangle of plastic partly wrapped in gold foil.
Shrinking toward the ultimate transistor; electronic devices go ... by Weiss, Peter Ulrich / Science News
Tropez: Exhibition with Artists Showing in the Harbour, 1992, the artist organized his displays in the stalls of markets and offered art reproductions wrapped in frames of silver and gold foil as well as other trivial items to mostly unsuspecting and disinterested audiences (and a few observant art-world members).
Cargo and cult: The displays of Thomas Hirschhorn by Buchloh, Benjamin H.D. / Artforum International
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