Definition of Facet

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Definition of Facet

Facet

A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.

A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.

The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.

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Facet Quotations

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.
Raymond Chandler

The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.
Pope Paul VI

I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process.
Brian Ferneyhough

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.
Emanuel Celler

The results of any traumatic experience, such as abuse, can only be resolved by experiencing, articulating, and judging every facet of the original experience within a process of careful therapeutic disclosure.
Alice Miller

I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
Tatum O'Neal

The changing nature of money is only one facet of the financial services revolution.
Scott Cook

Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
Pat Summerall

Spontaneity is such an entertaining facet of show business.
Chuck Barris

Facet Translations

facet in French is facette
facet in Spanish is faceta

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