Facets
[fæsits]
Examples
- 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.
Inputed by Heinrich