Foil
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Foil may refer to:
- Metal leaf, a thin sheet of metal
- Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
- Plastic foil, a thin layer of plastics
- Foil (fencing), one of the three weapons used in modern fencing
- Foil (literature), a character who emphasizes the traits of a main character
- Comedic foil, (or comic foil), is the straight man in a comedy team.
- Foil (fluid mechanics), a type of wing or blade used to provide lift
- Foil bearing, a type of fluid bearing
In aeronautics:
In navigation:
- Hydrofoil, a type of boat using foils designed for water
- Bruce foil, a foil used on an outrigger to prevent a boat from heeling
- Centreboard, a movable keel that functions as a foil
- Foilboard, a surfboard using a hydrofoil
Foil may also be:
- FOIL programming language, one of two defunct computer programming languages
- FOIL rule, a mnemonic device for remembering how to multiply two binomials
- Foil (band), a Seattle grunge rock group c.1990-1996.
