- having facets, or small, polished, flat surfaces, cut on it: Each faceted wine glass is carved carefully from pure lead-free crystal.A rough diamond is significantly less expensive than a faceted diamond gemstone.
- (of rock) having a smooth surface cut by water, blowing sand, etc.: These faceted rock fragments have been scratched and planed by rubbing against each other as they were carried along by a glacier.
- having a number of distinct aspects or phases (used in combination): This oversimplification of the issue obscures what is actually a many-faceted problem.Here we have a dual-faceted challenge—identifying the equipment needed, and covering its cost.
- relating to or being a search whose results are narrowed down by selecting various filters or criteria: Using the faceted search on this site you could, for example, try to find a book on snails for children aged six to nine, published after 2016, that costs less than $30.
- (of a column) shaped like a polygon with faces cut on it: When remodeling my basement I replaced a plain post in the middle with a faceted column to give the room more character.The ad shows a large antique brass lamp with a faceted column terminating in a circular base.
- having more than one corneal lens, as the compound eye of an arthropod: Under her microscope, the gall wasp’s faceted eyes glowed in a spectrum of colors.
- the simple past tense and past participle of facet.
