Definition of "faceting" []

• Present participle of facet. (verb)

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• "He begins his work of cutting, grinding, faceting and polishing until the stone reflects its true perfection and value."
• "All are providing some level of filtering or faceting, which can make a huge difference in user productivity given the enormous complexity of the web."
• "Unlike most precious stones and gems, which require faceting to reveal their splendor, the pearl is perfect in its natural state and may be seen to manifest the universal monad, a notion familiar to the court of Urbino through the De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii of Martianus Capella and the interests of Nicholas of Cusa. 127"