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Polyfoil vs Multifoil - What's the difference?

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In architecture terms the difference between polyfoil and multifoil

is that polyfoil is multifoil while multifoil is a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of a set of partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

polyfoil

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) Multifoil.

    • See also

    * trefoil * quatrefoil * cinquefoil * sexfoil * octofoil

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    multifoil

    English

    Noun

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

    • See also

    * trefoil * quatrefoil * cinquefoil * sexfoil * octofoil * polyfoil