Word Definition

Facet

  1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.
  2. To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
  3. One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
  4. A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.
  5. The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

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