| 单词 | facet |
| 释义 | facet /fas"it/, n. , v. , faceted, faceting or (esp. Brit.) facetted, facetting. n. 1. one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem. 2. a similar surface cut on a fragment of rock by the action of water, windblown sand, etc. 3. aspect; phase: They carefully examined every facet of the argument. 4. Archit. any of the faces of a column cut in a polygonal form. 5. Zool. one of the corneal lenses of a compound arthropod eye. 6. Anat. a small, smooth, flat area on a hard surface, esp. on a bone. 7. Dentistry. a small, highly burnished area, usually on the enamel surface of a tooth, produced by abrasion between opposing teeth in chewing. v.t. 8. to cut facets on. [1615-25; < F facette little face. See FACE, -ET] |
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