From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Facet \Fac"et\, noun [F. facette, dim. of face face. See {Face}.]
1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also {facette}.]
2. (Anat.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.
3. (Arch.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Facet \Fac"et\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Faceted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Faceting}.] To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" [syn: {aspect}]
2: a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) [also: {facetting}, {facetted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "facet": angle, anteriority, article, aspect, bold front, border, brave face, brave front, case, circumference, configuration, cortex, count, covering, crust, datum, detail, display, effect, eidolon, element, envelope, epidermis, exterior, external, facade, face, facia, fact, factor, fashion, feature, figure, fore, forefront, foreground, forehand, foreland, forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, form, fringe, front, front elevation, front man, front matter, front page, front view, frontage, frontal, frontier, frontispiece, gestalt, guise, hand, head, heading, image, imago, impression, incidental, instance, integument, item, lap, light, likeness, lineaments, look, manner, matter, minor detail, minutia, minutiae, obverse, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outside, particular, periphery, phase, phasis, point, preface, prefix, priority, proscenium, reference, regard, respect, rind, seeming, semblance, shape, shell, side, simulacrum, skin, slant, style, superficies, superstratum, surface, thing, top, total effect, twist, view, viewpoint, window dressing, wise
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