FACET (facetted, facetting)

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Irregular inflected forms: facetted    , facetting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does facet mean? 

• FACET (noun)
  The noun FACET has 2 senses:

1. a distinct feature or element in a problem

2. a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)

  Familiarity information: FACET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A distinct feature or element in a problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

aspect; facet

Context example:

he studied every facet of the question

Hypernyms ("facet" is a kind of...):

characteristic; feature (a prominent attribute or aspect of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "facet"):

side (an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect))

sector; sphere (a particular aspect of life or activity)

surface (a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("facet" is a kind of...):

subfigure (a figure that is a part of another figure)

 Context examples 

More recently, researchers have begun to investigate how different facets of global change can disrupt animal behavior.

(Study considers sensory impacts of environmental change on ocean species, National Science Foundation)

No matter which facet you look at for this full moon, it will be your friend and will likely deliver a lucky break.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This allele, which encodes gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor protein, plays a role in the regulation of insulin secretion and other facets of the anabolic response.

(GIPR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In the larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The facet joint links the articular process of one vertebra and the inferior articular process of the adjacent vertebra.

(Facet Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

An Initial Review Group reviews grant and cooperative agreement applications for centers, research projects, and research training activities in the areas of cancer cause, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention; and contract proposals relating to all facets of cancer.

(NCI Initial Review Group, NCI Thesaurus)

It would be hard to overstate how glorious December will be for you, for it will sparkle in so many ways through its many facets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I am sure by month’s end, you will say that this month has had more brilliant facets than a diamond, and it will sparkle just as brightly.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)