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a small flat surface bouncing light, named after the diamond cutter's gift for making nothing dazzle.
means One of the distinct flat surfaces of a cut gem, or more broadly, one of the many sides or aspects of something complex.
from From French facette, a diminutive of face — literally 'a little face.' The word came into English through the world of gem-cutting, where each tiny polished plane was a small 'face' catching the light. Trace it back further and face itself descends from Latin facies, meaning form or appearance, a cousin of facere, 'to make.' So a facet is, at root, a made-up little face — one of many you can turn toward the light.
- insect eyes
- a dragonfly's eye packs thousands of tiny facets
- french face
- from facette, meaning little face
- brilliant cut
- standard diamond has 57 to 58 facets
- crystal habit
- minerals grow natural facets along atomic planes
- law term
- a facet is also one side of a legal issue
hope diamond — 58 facets cut into a 45.52-carat blue diamond, smithsonian institution
regent diamond — 144 facets on a 140.64-carat stone, louvre museum paris
cullinan i koh-i-noor — 99 and 66 facets respectively in british crown jewels