facet

noun
[L4050]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • singular : facet
  • plural : facets

Senses

  • flat surface of a gem, crystal, etc.
  • feature of a polytope in the next-lower dimension
  • unique aspect of a personality trait
  • the external corneal surface of an ommatidium
  • a smooth flat circumscribed anatomical surface (as of a bone or tooth)