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initialism 
  1. First Outer Inner Last, the abbreviation for one algorithm for processing the multiplication of multiple binomials
Example: (2x + 4) × (4x + 3y)

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noun (countable except as indicated; plural foils)
  1. A very thin sheet of metal.
  2. (uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
  3. A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
  4. (figurative) In literature, theatre/theater, etc, a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character.
  5. (figurative) Anything that acts to emphasise the characteristics of something.
  6. (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
  7. A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
  8. Shortened form of hydrofoil.
  9. Shortened form of aerofoil/airfoil.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: floret
    1. Dutch, floret
    2. French: fleuret
      (trans-mid)
    3. German: Kontrastfigur
      (trans-mid)
      (trans-bottom) (trans-top, anything that acts to emphasise the characteristics of something)
      (trans-mid)
      (trans-bottom) shortened form of hydrofoil
      See hydrofoil shortened form of aerofoil/airfoil
      See aerofoil/airfoil
    4. Italian: fioretto
    5. Spanish: papel de aluminio
verb 
  1. To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
  2. (mathematics) To multiply two binomials together.
Translations: 
  • French: déjouer
  • German: hintertreiben
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: frustrar
    (trans-bottom)

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