'Facette' definitions:

Definition of 'Facette'

From: GCIDE
  • Facette \Fa*cette"\, n. [F.] See Facet, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'facette'

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]