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facet

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  1. phase                 
 
fac.et or fac.et.ted \'fas-*t\ \'fas-*t-*d\ n [F facette, dim. of face] 1: 
   a small plane surface (as on a cut gem)  2: ASPECT, PHASE  3: the external 
   corneal surface of an ommatidium  4: a smooth flat circumscribed anatomical 
   surface  5: a fillet between the flutes of a column  - fac.et.ed aj