facets
plural of facet
facets
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of facet
• facest, fascet
Source: Wiktionary
Fac"et, n. Etym: [F. facette, dim. of face face. See Face.]
1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
Fac"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faceted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faceting.]
Definition: To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
