facet: Meaning and Definition of

fac•et

1. one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
2. a similar surface cut on a fragment of rock by the action of water, windblown sand, etc.
3. aspect; phase: They carefully examined every facet of the argument.
4. any of the faces of a column cut in a polygonal form.
5. one of the corneal lenses of a compound arthropod eye.
6. a small, smooth, flat area on a hard surface, esp. on a bone.
7. a small, highly burnished area, usually on the enamel surface of a tooth, produced by abrasion between opposing teeth in chewing.

1. to cut facets on.