Facet
['fæsɪt;-et] or ['fæsɪt]
Definition
(n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.
(n.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.
(n.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
(n.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
(v. t.) To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
Typist: Perry
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. small face or surface.
Edited by Babbage
Definition
n. a small surface as of a crystal.—v.t. to cut a facet upon or cover with facets.—adj. Fac′eted having or formed into facets.
Edited by Albert
Examples
- In the larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To see that is to see exposed an important facet of the American temperament. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Each facet of a diamond (by reason of the method of cutting) is a window looking down a clearly defined walled chamber, like a hall-way to the culet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- From this beginning cutters gradually added additional facets to increase the brilliancy until there were thirty-four in all. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- No other thing can scratch or mar the polished facets and sharp corners of the diamond. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It has fifty-eight facets, of which thirty-three, including the table, are above the girdle and twenty-five, including the culet, below the girdle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In a perfectly cut diamond, the facets are so carefully arranged that entering rays of light jump from wall to wall of this transparent enclosure and emerge again at the very point of entry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The fifty-eight facets are cut and polished one at a time on a rapidly-revolving wheel charged with diamond dust and oil. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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