Bevel

['bev(ə)l] or ['bɛvl]

Definition

(noun.) a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size.

(noun.) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees.

(verb.) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; 'bevel the surface'.

Edited by Clio--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.

(n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square.

(a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

(a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.

(v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.

(v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.

Editor: Sweeney

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Chamfer.

v. a. Chamfer.

Checked by Blanchard

Definition

n. a slant or inclination of a surface: an instrument opening like a pair of compasses and adjustable for measuring angles.—adj. having the form of a bevel: slanting.—v.t. to form with a bevel or slant:—pr.p. bev′elling; pa.p. bev′elled.—ns. Bev′el-gear Bev′el-wheels (mech.) wheels working on each other in different planes the cogs of the wheels being bevelled or at oblique angles to the shafts.—p.adj. Bev′elled cut to an oblique angle sloped off.

Checker: Mara