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Definition: facette
Facet
\Fac"et\, n. [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.]
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2. (Anat.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular
facet of a bone.
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3. (Arch.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a
column.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up
the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
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