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noun
- Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
The facets of the diamond were masterfully cut to enhance its value.
- One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
The child's learning disability was only one of the problems contributing to his delinquency.
- One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
We had just about completed the research of the project when the order came to cancel it.
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(anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
- To cut a facet into a gemstone.
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noun
- a semicircular window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
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noun
- an opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane
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adjective
- Having windows
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| finial |
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noun
- The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
- Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post.
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noun
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(architecture) a buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch.
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initialism
- First Outer Inner Last, the abbreviation for one algorithm for processing the multiplication of multiple binomials
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Example: (2x + 4) × (4x + 3y)
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verb-
(past of, foil)
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adjective
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(geology) (of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers
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(architecture) Decorated with foliage
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| folly |
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noun (follies)
- foolishness
The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
- thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence
This is a war of .
- a fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons
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| frontispiece |
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noun
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(context, publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
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(context, archaic, publishing) The title page of a book.
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(architecture) A faí§ade, especially an ornamental one.
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(architecture) A small pediment of which is ornamental, especially on the top of a window or door.
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| furniture |
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noun (furnitures, -)
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(archaic) The harness, trappings etc. of a horse or other animal.
- An item, or, used collectively, items, (usually) in a room which enhance the room's characteristics, either functionally and/or decoratively.
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