FACET

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]

2.
n.

A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.

3.
n.

The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

4.
n.

One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

5.
v.

To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.


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