facet
facet is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Anat.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.
- 2.(Arch.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
- 3.(Zoöl.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
- 4.To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- air
- around
- belle
- circumjacence
- covering
- disc
- discoid
- disk
- eccentric
- eccentricity
- etoile
- excentric
- excentricity
- exterior
- exteriority
- exteriorly
- external
- externally
- extra
- extrados
- extralimitary
- extramundane
- extramural
- extrinsic
- face
- fresco
- frontal
- lie
- most
- open
- out
- outdoor
- outer
- outlying
- outside
- outstanding
- outward
- outwards
- over
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is facet.
- What is a smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone called?
- What is the narrow plane surface between flutings of a column called?
- What is one of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans called?
- What is to cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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