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faceted, ppl. a.|ˈfæsɪtɪd|
Also 9 (erron.) facetted.
[f. facet n. and v. + -ed.]
1. Of gems, etc.: Having, furnished with, or cut into facets. Also preceded by some qualifying word, as many-faceted, keenly-faceted.
1859Darwin Orig. Spec. vii. (1873) 203 The falling of a facetted spheroid from one facet to another. 1874Westropp Precious Stones 140 Amethyst..cushion-cut face; facetted back. 1890Harper's Mag. Oct. 799/2 It is a many-faceted diamond of the purest lustre. 1890Daily News 27 Jan. 3/1 It's [the electric light's] power is enormously multiplied by the facetted lens.
fig.1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. (1865) IV. xi. iii. 44 Friedrich..loves the sharp facetted cut of the man. 1898Daily News 30 Nov. 7/6 Not an hour..when the uneasy faceted surface [of the sea] is not throwing back reflections of the sky. 1930E. Pound XXX Cantos xx. 91 In the sunlight, gate cut by the shadow; And then the faceted air: Floating. 1944A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geogr. xiii. 258 Wind-faceted pebbles. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. vi. 143 This is known as faceted platform technique on account of the care that was usually devoted to the preparation of the platform where the core was struck to remove the flake.
2. Anat. Provided with facets; see facet n.2 2.
1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 770/2 The most remarkable modification of facetted eyes. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 22 An irregularly-shaped bony process..forms with this smooth facetted process a cup-shaped cavity. |