单词 | face |
释义 | face [fās] ANATOMY The anterior portion of the head, including the forehead and jaws. CIVIL ENGINEERING 1. The surface of the area that has been excavated in constructing a tunnel. 2. In building construction, the exposed surface of a wall, masonry unit, or sheet of material. 3. To install a surface layer of one material over another, such as laying brick on a wall built of concrete blocks. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY See <<crystal face>> DESIGN ENGINEERING The surface of a flange on a pipe that is fitted against another flange. ELECTRONICS See <<faceplate>> GEOLOGY 1. The main surface of a landform. 2. The original surface of a layer of rock. GRAPHIC ARTS 1. A particular style or size of letter as distinguished from another style or size. Also known as typeface. 2. The printing surface of a printing plate or the front surface of a piece of paper. MATERIALS The veneer on the exposed surface of a sheet of plywood. MATHEMATICS 1. One of the plane polygons bounding a polyhedron. 2. A face of a simplex is the subset obtained by setting one or more of the coordinates ai, defining the simplex, equal to 0; for example, the faces of a triangle are its sides and vertices. MINING ENGINEERING A surface on which mining operations are being performed. Also known as breast. TEXTILES The side of a fabric which is more attractive than the other side because of features such as weave, luster, or finish. |
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