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facet
/ˈfæs.ɪt/
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What does facet mean?
noun
- Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
- (figuratively) One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
- One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
More meanings (7)
noun
- One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
- A smooth circumscribed surface.
- Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
- The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet.
- A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
- A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.
verb
- To cut a facet into a gemstone.
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IPA pronunciation
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Every detail of the outing was a facet reflecting a sparkle to Jude, and he did not venture to meditate on the life of inconsistency he was leading.
Nor could I hope to escape the lightning-like movements or hide from those myriad facet eyes which covered three-fourths of the hideous head, permitting the creature to see in all directions at one and the same time.
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The Posterior Edge, very slightly concave, divides the small, transversely elongated facet of the superior surface from the posterior region of the inferior surface.
Eastward, over the blackened ruins of the Albert Terrace and the splintered spire of the church, the sun blazed dazzling in a clear sky, and here and there some facet in the great wilderness of roofs caught the light and glared with a white intensity.
I cannot describe the effect of the voltaic rays upon the great blocks so capriciously cut; upon every angle, every ridge, every facet was thrown a different light, according to the nature of the veins running through the ice; a dazzling mine of gems, particularly of sapphires, their blue rays crossing with the green of the emerald.