FACET, FACETTE
\fˈasɛt], \fˈasɛt], \f_ˈa_s_ɛ_t]\
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A little face; a small surface; as, the facets of a diamond; "A gem of fifty facets."-Tennyson; in arch. a flat projection between the flutings of columns; in anat. a small, circumscribed portion of the surface of a bone; as, articular facettes, that is, contiguous surfaces by means of which bones are articulated.
By Daniel Lyons
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