Definition of facet in English:

facet

noun ˈfasɛtˈfasɪtˈfæsət

1One side of something many-sided, especially of a cut gem.
（多面体的）面（尤指宝石的琢面）
a blue and green jewel that shines from a million facets
Example sentencesExamples
- He walked to the window, and suddenly, it shattered and produced a million facets of light.
- Lightning and firelight flash in the tiny facets cut into its surface and its gems, though not nearly as much as they would if its silver was polished.
- The rock was also a little slimy, which was the result of much salt encrusting the facets of every feature.
- This construction might best be described as a crystalline field, a field formed of facets, each facet an ossification of one instant or angle of displacement.
- The different facets act both as surface decoration and refract light through the vessel.
- In the hardened and tempered condition the fractured surface shows dull facets.
- There are relationships between all of the angles of the 58 facets on a diamond.
- Because they weren't flattened, you could see the planes where they articulated, like facets.
- If you look through only one facet at the other facets, they look distorted and wrong.
- The many voices of the metropolis only come together like facets of a many-sided prism in the fourth projection, which stands separate from the other three.
- There are two basic styles: one features small square facets while the other has grooves running all the way around the body of the glass, vase or candle holder.
- It also refers to the number of facets, or flat surfaces, on a diamond.
- The brass ornaments caught the shimmer of the candle light that I held in my hand and reflected the rays back with the facets that had been pounded into their surface.
- Modified brilliants have the same facets and facet arrangement.
- To counteract this focusing, the conventional approach is to break up the circular geometry with facets or convex surfaces to provide a degree of sound diffusion.
Synonyms
surface, face, side, plane, angle, slant
2A particular aspect or feature of something.
（事物）方面特征
a philosophy that extends to all facets of the business
Example sentencesExamples
- The various facets of his character occasionally complemented his ambition and ideals, but more often resulted in confusing contradiction.
- Such sequences were nothing new to Jost's films - indeed they constitute a distinct facet of his authorial style in most of the earlier features as well.
- The recognition that both individualism and relatedness can have both positive and negative facets has become more pronounced in recent years.
- A growing body of literature has tested the linkages between various facets of religion and individual well-being.
- This method, which is utilized mainly in respect of overseas transactions and constitutes an important facet of banking business, is considered further below.
- Pitt pulls off an outstanding performance in this role, maintaining a credible balance between the comedic and the serious facets of Mickey's character.
- The practice of adding and subtracting aspects from his home page also highlights particular facets of Yuan's identity at different times.
- To attract holidayers to the State during the Southwest monsoon, brochures detailing the various facets of the monsoon have been brought as in previous years.
- The author has a wonderful awareness for tiny details that somehow brilliantly illuminate particular facets of the struggle.
- Women are not simply one dimensional; we have many different facets to our characters.
- Cyberspace right now is made up of a series of windows on the real world, that allow us to see views, or facets, or aspects of people elsewhere.
- They have been expected to start at the lowest rank and have been trained in all facets of the business.
- Isn't this a normal facet of business daily life?
- Conservation must remain an important facet of any eco-tourism business and the projects should do well economically to succeed, she feels.
- The resulting communication failure featured a number of facets.
- A facet is an aspect or dimension of an object or piece of information.
- What may sound like the stuff of science fiction is set to become an integral facet of the day-to-day lives of millions of people.
- All the facets of the business environment were deliberated, to shed new light on the working of corporates.
- When different cultures come to live side by side, they naturally and wonderfully begin to assimilate facets of each other.
- Is there any facet, any aspect of hockey that is better on the smaller ice?
Synonyms
aspect, feature, side, dimension, particular, characteristic, detail, point, ingredient, strand, factor
component, constituent, element, part, section, portion, piece, bit
angle, slant, sense, respect, regard, way, viewpoint, standpoint
3Zoology
Any of the individual units (ommatidia) that make up the compound eye of an insect or crustacean.
〔动〕（构成昆虫或甲壳动物复眼的）小眼面
Example sentencesExamples
- Drosophila compound eyes are composed of 800 identical facets or ommatidia.
- For example, although crustacean compound eye facets are diverse, most are similar to insect ommatidia.
- Often later ommatidial cell fates cannot be specified, such as pigment cells that normally function to separate ommatidia into individual facets.
- Cone cells number four per facet in many compound eyes.

Derivatives

faceted

adjective ˈfasɪtɪdˈfasɛtɪdˈfæsədəd

in combination a multifaceted approach

Origin

Early 17th century: from French facette, diminutive of face 'face, side' (see face).

Rhymes

basset, tacet, tacit

Definition of facet in US English:

facet

nounˈfæsətˈfasət

1One side of something many-sided, especially of a cut gem.
（多面体的）面（尤指宝石的琢面）
Example sentencesExamples
- Lightning and firelight flash in the tiny facets cut into its surface and its gems, though not nearly as much as they would if its silver was polished.
- Because they weren't flattened, you could see the planes where they articulated, like facets.
- The brass ornaments caught the shimmer of the candle light that I held in my hand and reflected the rays back with the facets that had been pounded into their surface.
- The different facets act both as surface decoration and refract light through the vessel.
- To counteract this focusing, the conventional approach is to break up the circular geometry with facets or convex surfaces to provide a degree of sound diffusion.
- In the hardened and tempered condition the fractured surface shows dull facets.
- The many voices of the metropolis only come together like facets of a many-sided prism in the fourth projection, which stands separate from the other three.
- If you look through only one facet at the other facets, they look distorted and wrong.
- The rock was also a little slimy, which was the result of much salt encrusting the facets of every feature.
- This construction might best be described as a crystalline field, a field formed of facets, each facet an ossification of one instant or angle of displacement.
- It also refers to the number of facets, or flat surfaces, on a diamond.
- Modified brilliants have the same facets and facet arrangement.
- He walked to the window, and suddenly, it shattered and produced a million facets of light.
- There are two basic styles: one features small square facets while the other has grooves running all the way around the body of the glass, vase or candle holder.
- There are relationships between all of the angles of the 58 facets on a diamond.
Synonyms
surface, face, side, plane, angle, slant
1. 1.1 A particular aspect or feature of something.
  （事物）方面特征
  participation by the laity in all facets of church life
  Example sentencesExamples
  To attract holidayers to the State during the Southwest monsoon, brochures detailing the various facets of the monsoon have been brought as in previous years.
  The author has a wonderful awareness for tiny details that somehow brilliantly illuminate particular facets of the struggle.
  The various facets of his character occasionally complemented his ambition and ideals, but more often resulted in confusing contradiction.
  Pitt pulls off an outstanding performance in this role, maintaining a credible balance between the comedic and the serious facets of Mickey's character.
  Is there any facet, any aspect of hockey that is better on the smaller ice?
  Women are not simply one dimensional; we have many different facets to our characters.
  Conservation must remain an important facet of any eco-tourism business and the projects should do well economically to succeed, she feels.
  When different cultures come to live side by side, they naturally and wonderfully begin to assimilate facets of each other.
  The resulting communication failure featured a number of facets.
  What may sound like the stuff of science fiction is set to become an integral facet of the day-to-day lives of millions of people.
  All the facets of the business environment were deliberated, to shed new light on the working of corporates.
  A facet is an aspect or dimension of an object or piece of information.
  A growing body of literature has tested the linkages between various facets of religion and individual well-being.
  Such sequences were nothing new to Jost's films - indeed they constitute a distinct facet of his authorial style in most of the earlier features as well.
  This method, which is utilized mainly in respect of overseas transactions and constitutes an important facet of banking business, is considered further below.
  Cyberspace right now is made up of a series of windows on the real world, that allow us to see views, or facets, or aspects of people elsewhere.
  Isn't this a normal facet of business daily life?
  The practice of adding and subtracting aspects from his home page also highlights particular facets of Yuan's identity at different times.
  The recognition that both individualism and relatedness can have both positive and negative facets has become more pronounced in recent years.
  They have been expected to start at the lowest rank and have been trained in all facets of the business.
  Synonyms
  aspect, feature, side, dimension, particular, characteristic, detail, point, ingredient, strand, factor
2. 1.2Zoology Any of the individual units (ommatidia) that make up the compound eye of an insect or crustacean.
  〔动〕（构成昆虫或甲壳动物复眼的）小眼面
  Example sentencesExamples
  Often later ommatidial cell fates cannot be specified, such as pigment cells that normally function to separate ommatidia into individual facets.
  Drosophila compound eyes are composed of 800 identical facets or ommatidia.
  For example, although crustacean compound eye facets are diverse, most are similar to insect ommatidia.
  Cone cells number four per facet in many compound eyes.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French facette, diminutive of face ‘face, side’ (see face).

词汇	facet
释义	Definition of facet in English: facet noun ˈfasɛtˈfasɪtˈfæsət 1One side of something many-sided, especially of a cut gem. （多面体的）面（尤指宝石的琢面） a blue and green jewel that shines from a million facets Example sentencesExamples He walked to the window, and suddenly, it shattered and produced a million facets of light. Lightning and firelight flash in the tiny facets cut into its surface and its gems, though not nearly as much as they would if its silver was polished. The rock was also a little slimy, which was the result of much salt encrusting the facets of every feature. This construction might best be described as a crystalline field, a field formed of facets, each facet an ossification of one instant or angle of displacement. The different facets act both as surface decoration and refract light through the vessel. In the hardened and tempered condition the fractured surface shows dull facets. There are relationships between all of the angles of the 58 facets on a diamond. Because they weren't flattened, you could see the planes where they articulated, like facets. If you look through only one facet at the other facets, they look distorted and wrong. The many voices of the metropolis only come together like facets of a many-sided prism in the fourth projection, which stands separate from the other three. There are two basic styles: one features small square facets while the other has grooves running all the way around the body of the glass, vase or candle holder. It also refers to the number of facets, or flat surfaces, on a diamond. The brass ornaments caught the shimmer of the candle light that I held in my hand and reflected the rays back with the facets that had been pounded into their surface. Modified brilliants have the same facets and facet arrangement. To counteract this focusing, the conventional approach is to break up the circular geometry with facets or convex surfaces to provide a degree of sound diffusion. Synonyms surface, face, side, plane, angle, slant 2A particular aspect or feature of something. （事物）方面特征 a philosophy that extends to all facets of the business Example sentencesExamples The various facets of his character occasionally complemented his ambition and ideals, but more often resulted in confusing contradiction. Such sequences were nothing new to Jost's films - indeed they constitute a distinct facet of his authorial style in most of the earlier features as well. The recognition that both individualism and relatedness can have both positive and negative facets has become more pronounced in recent years. A growing body of literature has tested the linkages between various facets of religion and individual well-being. This method, which is utilized mainly in respect of overseas transactions and constitutes an important facet of banking business, is considered further below. Pitt pulls off an outstanding performance in this role, maintaining a credible balance between the comedic and the serious facets of Mickey's character. The practice of adding and subtracting aspects from his home page also highlights particular facets of Yuan's identity at different times. To attract holidayers to the State during the Southwest monsoon, brochures detailing the various facets of the monsoon have been brought as in previous years. The author has a wonderful awareness for tiny details that somehow brilliantly illuminate particular facets of the struggle. Women are not simply one dimensional; we have many different facets to our characters. Cyberspace right now is made up of a series of windows on the real world, that allow us to see views, or facets, or aspects of people elsewhere. They have been expected to start at the lowest rank and have been trained in all facets of the business. Isn't this a normal facet of business daily life? Conservation must remain an important facet of any eco-tourism business and the projects should do well economically to succeed, she feels. The resulting communication failure featured a number of facets. A facet is an aspect or dimension of an object or piece of information. What may sound like the stuff of science fiction is set to become an integral facet of the day-to-day lives of millions of people. All the facets of the business environment were deliberated, to shed new light on the working of corporates. When different cultures come to live side by side, they naturally and wonderfully begin to assimilate facets of each other. Is there any facet, any aspect of hockey that is better on the smaller ice? Synonyms aspect, feature, side, dimension, particular, characteristic, detail, point, ingredient, strand, factor component, constituent, element, part, section, portion, piece, bit angle, slant, sense, respect, regard, way, viewpoint, standpoint 3Zoology Any of the individual units (ommatidia) that make up the compound eye of an insect or crustacean. 〔动〕（构成昆虫或甲壳动物复眼的）小眼面 Example sentencesExamples Drosophila compound eyes are composed of 800 identical facets or ommatidia. For example, although crustacean compound eye facets are diverse, most are similar to insect ommatidia. Often later ommatidial cell fates cannot be specified, such as pigment cells that normally function to separate ommatidia into individual facets. Cone cells number four per facet in many compound eyes. Derivatives faceted adjective ˈfasɪtɪdˈfasɛtɪdˈfæsədəd in combination a multifaceted approach Origin Early 17th century: from French facette, diminutive of face 'face, side' (see face). Rhymes basset, tacet, tacit Definition of facet in US English: facet nounˈfæsətˈfasət 1One side of something many-sided, especially of a cut gem. （多面体的）面（尤指宝石的琢面） Example sentencesExamples Lightning and firelight flash in the tiny facets cut into its surface and its gems, though not nearly as much as they would if its silver was polished. Because they weren't flattened, you could see the planes where they articulated, like facets. The brass ornaments caught the shimmer of the candle light that I held in my hand and reflected the rays back with the facets that had been pounded into their surface. The different facets act both as surface decoration and refract light through the vessel. To counteract this focusing, the conventional approach is to break up the circular geometry with facets or convex surfaces to provide a degree of sound diffusion. In the hardened and tempered condition the fractured surface shows dull facets. The many voices of the metropolis only come together like facets of a many-sided prism in the fourth projection, which stands separate from the other three. If you look through only one facet at the other facets, they look distorted and wrong. The rock was also a little slimy, which was the result of much salt encrusting the facets of every feature. This construction might best be described as a crystalline field, a field formed of facets, each facet an ossification of one instant or angle of displacement. It also refers to the number of facets, or flat surfaces, on a diamond. Modified brilliants have the same facets and facet arrangement. He walked to the window, and suddenly, it shattered and produced a million facets of light. There are two basic styles: one features small square facets while the other has grooves running all the way around the body of the glass, vase or candle holder. There are relationships between all of the angles of the 58 facets on a diamond. Synonyms surface, face, side, plane, angle, slant 1.1 A particular aspect or feature of something. （事物）方面特征 participation by the laity in all facets of church life Example sentencesExamples To attract holidayers to the State during the Southwest monsoon, brochures detailing the various facets of the monsoon have been brought as in previous years. The author has a wonderful awareness for tiny details that somehow brilliantly illuminate particular facets of the struggle. The various facets of his character occasionally complemented his ambition and ideals, but more often resulted in confusing contradiction. Pitt pulls off an outstanding performance in this role, maintaining a credible balance between the comedic and the serious facets of Mickey's character. Is there any facet, any aspect of hockey that is better on the smaller ice? Women are not simply one dimensional; we have many different facets to our characters. Conservation must remain an important facet of any eco-tourism business and the projects should do well economically to succeed, she feels. When different cultures come to live side by side, they naturally and wonderfully begin to assimilate facets of each other. The resulting communication failure featured a number of facets. What may sound like the stuff of science fiction is set to become an integral facet of the day-to-day lives of millions of people. All the facets of the business environment were deliberated, to shed new light on the working of corporates. A facet is an aspect or dimension of an object or piece of information. A growing body of literature has tested the linkages between various facets of religion and individual well-being. Such sequences were nothing new to Jost's films - indeed they constitute a distinct facet of his authorial style in most of the earlier features as well. This method, which is utilized mainly in respect of overseas transactions and constitutes an important facet of banking business, is considered further below. Cyberspace right now is made up of a series of windows on the real world, that allow us to see views, or facets, or aspects of people elsewhere. Isn't this a normal facet of business daily life? The practice of adding and subtracting aspects from his home page also highlights particular facets of Yuan's identity at different times. The recognition that both individualism and relatedness can have both positive and negative facets has become more pronounced in recent years. They have been expected to start at the lowest rank and have been trained in all facets of the business. Synonyms aspect, feature, side, dimension, particular, characteristic, detail, point, ingredient, strand, factor 1.2Zoology Any of the individual units (ommatidia) that make up the compound eye of an insect or crustacean. 〔动〕（构成昆虫或甲壳动物复眼的）小眼面 Example sentencesExamples Often later ommatidial cell fates cannot be specified, such as pigment cells that normally function to separate ommatidia into individual facets. Drosophila compound eyes are composed of 800 identical facets or ommatidia. For example, although crustacean compound eye facets are diverse, most are similar to insect ommatidia. Cone cells number four per facet in many compound eyes. Origin Early 17th century: from French facette, diminutive of face ‘face, side’ (see face).
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