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Example sentences for "facet"

Lexicographically close words:
faceplate; facer; facere; faceret; faces; faceted; facetious; facetiously; facetiousness; facets
  1. The sixteenth vertebra has its tubercular facet on the transverse process, but the capitular facet is borne on the centrum.

  2. The astragalus is abruptly truncated distally, and the facet by which it articulates with the cuboid, is much smaller than that by which it articulates with the navicular.

  3. Each pedicel bears a facet on its anterior surface, which, with a corresponding one on the inferior arch, articulates with the occipital condyle of the skull.

  4. At the top of the centrum, at both anterior and posterior ends on each side, is a demi-facet (fig.

  5. In the seventh vertebra the tubercular facet is wanting.

  6. The calcaneum resembles that of Artiodactyles in having a small facet for articulation with the fibula.

  7. The opercular has a facet for articulation with the hyomandibular.

  8. The astragalus has its distal portion abruptly truncated, and the facet by which it articulates with the cuboid is much smaller than that by which it articulates with the navicular.

  9. In the first and second thoracic vertebrae the capitulum of the rib articulates, not with a facet on the transverse process, but with a little elevation borne at the line of junction of the centrum and neural arch.

  10. A the facet for articulation with the tuberculum of the rib.

  11. It regards the fossil not as a petrified skeleton, but as having belonged to a moving and feeding animal; every joint and facet has a meaning, each cusp a certain significance.

  12. This is noticeably the case with the skeleton, where hardly a facet can vary without the others varying proportionately, so that from one bone you can up to a certain point deduce all the rest.

  13. Most often Derr cautioned against the dangers of complete specialization at the expense of an integrated farm in which each facet of the farm was both aided and benefitted by every other part.

  14. Elizabeth Rice from the Oakton area stated that, despite her husband's reluctance to spend energy on any facet of farming outside dairying, they raised hogs, "kept on the back end of the farm in the woods.

  15. Separating, then, one facet from the rest, we find this single eye to consist of several portions: 1.

  16. Each facet being in fact a distinct eye, we shall be able, in so doing, to get a clear comprehension of the whole organ, which is after all only made up of a large number of these distinct eyes.

  17. Every facet of his life mirrored his goal of inner serenity.

  18. Affairs such as these reflect badly on their initiators; it is sad that pointless wars must be waged to win friendship, but perhaps these are an intrinsic facet of early relationships for certain individuals.

  19. It was as if I felt panic stricken that I might forget a facet of Norm if I didn't capture everything now.

  20. The cutting is exquisite; it is a study in intelligent execution; every facet here cost a pang; how vital it was not to waste an atom of this precious bulk.

  21. I have another, of white flint, of the same length but a trifle narrower, and with the grinding for the edge forming more of a facet with the body of the celt.

  22. There would, however, be the mark of the blow on one face only of such a splinter, whereas in a perfectly artificial flake the traces of the blow by which each facet was produced would be discernible.

  23. It is slightly ridged along each face, and the faces instead of being uniformly convex to the edge have at the lower part a nearly flat facet of triangular form, the base of which forms the edge.

  24. It seems probable that these instruments when first made did not exhibit the facet at the edge, but that it has resulted from repeated grinding as the edge became injured by wear.

  25. According to some eminent chemists, the alkaloid would probably continue to do so until some facet of the Confederation reached a Class VIII culture level.

  26. It was something that would have to be reported and studied with the meticulous care which the BEE gave to any facet of experience that was out of the ordinary.

  27. But this sardonic aspect of human humour, though tallying truly enough with one eternal facet of the universe, does not exhaust the humorous potentiality of the aesthetic sense.

  28. The idea of truth continues to represent one facet of the universe, the idea of goodness another, and the idea of beauty another or a third.

  29. The effect produced by this face might be compared to that of a prism, every facet of which reflects a different color.

  30. My love, from the first, had been her secret as well as mine; but every day I made to sparkle some unexpected facet of this prism of a thousand colors.

  31. For a space the Shining One was content to dwell here; to be fed with the foods of light: to open the eyes of the Three to mystery upon mystery and to read for them facet after facet of the gem of truth.

  32. And up at the center of the gleaming black oval facet on the wall, there appeared a spark of unearthly green light.

  33. The Door dwindled away altogether; the great oval facet was completely black.

  34. On the facet is engraved the figure of St. Mary Magdalen (or St. Barbara?

  35. On the facet is engraved a representation of the Trinity, the Supreme Being supporting a crucifix; on the flanges are St. Anne instructing the Virgin Mary, and the Mater Dolorosa.

  36. The hoop has ten projections resembling the cogs of a wheel, and on the circular facet is the monogram I.

  37. In the hind-foot the calcaneum has an articular facet for the fibula, which is not characteristic of the Perissodactyla.

  38. That is the fact that a portion of the squamosal surrounding the articular facet for the lower jaw is separated by a suture from the rest of that bone, and is therefore obviously suggestive of the quadrate in the lower Vertebrates.

  39. This is not deeply grooved on the tibial facet as it is in Fissiped Carnivora.

  40. As each facet nears its proper shape the stone is placed upon a particularly smooth part of the lap and a slight vibratory motion given to the holder by the hand.

  41. The truncating of the lower cone forms the tiny facet known as the culet, which lies opposite to the table and is parallel to the latter [see B, Fig.

  42. A flat facet is thus ground upon the stone.

  43. The upper cone is truncated more than the lower, thus forming the large, flat top facet known as the table of the stone [A, Fig.

  44. The methodology of science was indirectly responsible for giving added support to this facet of elocutionary rationale.

  45. Sheridan and other theorists capitalized upon a number of intellectual currents and social pressures of the era that centered attention upon delivery in speaking and that helped aggrandize this facet of rhetorical training.

  46. When by the accumulated action of incident forces this equilibrium is {229} disturbed, the spheroid is supposed to turn over until it settles on an adjacent facet once more in stable equilibrium.

  47. This acrimonious divorce between appearances and essence, facade and truth, the Potemkin and the real - is a facet of daily life, of the most mundane exchanges, of the most trivial pursuits.

  48. Every facet of life was subjected to and incorporated in this relentless and unforgiving pursuit of national identity: sports, chess, national holidays, heroes, humour.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "facet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.