 Foil may mean: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - Foil (chemistry), a thin sheet of metal
- Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
- Foil bearing, a type of fluid bearing
- Foil (sword), a weapon used in the sport of fencing
- Foil (fluid mechanics), a type of wing or blade used to provide lift
- In aeronautics:
- Airfoil, used on aircraft
- Parafoil, a nonrigid airfoil, inflated during use
- In sailing:
- Hydrofoil, a type of boat using foils designed for water
- Bruce foil, an 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 (literature), a character who emphasizes the traits of a main character, by comparison or contrast
- Comedic foil, (or comic foil), is the straight man in a comedy team.
- FOIL programming language, one of two defunct computer programming languages
- FOIL rule, a mnemonic device for remembering how to multiply two binomials
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