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Facet   /fˈæsət/   Listen
Facet

noun
1.
A distinct feature or element in a problem.  Synonym: aspect.
2.
A smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone).



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facet plane


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"Facet" Quotes from Famous Books



... investigated, and I could devote pages of detail on how we looked into every facet of the incident; but it will suffice to say that in every facet we looked into we saw nothing. Nothing but a big question mark asking what ...
— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt
... is of it, and is luminous not with a mere facet flash of its philosophy but with the whole orb of it. To him the Russians "are more than human, they ...
— Popular Science Monthly Volume 86


Words linked to "Facet" :   feature, aspect, sector, facet plane, surface, subfigure, sphere, side, characteristic


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