- a small, polished, flat surface, usually in the shape of a polygon, such as one of the surfaces of a cut gem.
- a smooth, flat surface cut on a fragment of rock by the action of water, windblown sand, etc.
- aspect; phase: They carefully examined every facet of the argument.
- any of the faces of a column cut in a polygonal form.
- one of the corneal lenses of a compound arthropod eye.
- a small, smooth, flat area on a hard surface, especially on a bone.
- a small, highly burnished area, usually on the enamel surface of a tooth, produced by abrasion between opposing teeth in chewing.
- to cut facets on.
- any of the surfaces of a cut gemstone
- an aspect or phase, as of a subject or personality
- the raised surface between the flutes of a column
- any of the lenses that make up the compound eye of an insect or other arthropod
- any small smooth area on a hard surface, as on a bone
- to cut facets in (a gemstone)
