'Facet' definitions:
Definition of 'facet'
From: WordNet
noun
A distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" [syn: aspect, facet]
noun
A smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
Definition of 'Facet'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arch.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Facet'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'facet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angle,
- anteriority,
- article,
- aspect,
- bold front,
- border,
- brave face,
- brave front,
- case,
- circumference,
- configuration,
- cortex,
- count,
- covering,
- crust,
- datum,
- detail,
- display,
- effect,
- eidolon,
- element,
- envelope,
- epidermis,
- exterior,
- external,
- facade,
- face,
- facia,
- fact,
- factor,
- fashion,
- feature,
- figure,
- fore,
- forefront,
- foreground,
- forehand,
- foreland,
- forepart,
- forequarter,
- foreside,
- foreword,
- form,
- fringe,
- front,
- front elevation,
- front man,
- front matter,
- front page,
- front view,
- frontage,
- frontal,
- frontier,
- frontispiece,
- gestalt,
- guise,
- hand,
- head,
- heading,
- image,
- imago,
- impression,
- incidental,
- instance,
- integument,
- item,
- lap,
- light,
- likeness,
- lineaments,
- look,
- manner,
- matter,
- minor detail,
- minutia,
- minutiae,
- obverse,
- outer face,
- outer layer,
- outer side,
- outer skin,
- outline,
- outside,
- particular,
- periphery,
- phase,
- phasis,
- point,
- preface,
- prefix,
- priority,
- proscenium,
- reference,
- regard,
- respect,
- rind,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- shape,
- shell,
- side,
- simulacrum,
- skin,
- slant,
- style,
- superficies,
- superstratum,
- surface,
- thing,
- top,
- total effect,
- twist,
- view,
- viewpoint,
- window dressing,
- wise