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.]
2. (Anat.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular
facet of a bone.
3. (Arch.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a
column.
4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up
the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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