A faceted diamond.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : They carefully examined every facet of the argument.    From Dictionary.com. 

The combination of all facets and values are often called a faceted taxonomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comentários para Capital Intelectual] Reference

These so-called faceted crystals have all the bonding strength of applesauce.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taming The White Dragon] Reference

"That cold weather turns the snow into a weak, sugary snow, we call faceted snow.    From Wordnik.com.  [billingsgazette.com] Reference

Business-oriented social network LinkedIn has a new feature out called faceted search.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

Featuring the same 'faceted' design first implemented in the highly popular.    From Wordnik.com.  [the::unwired] Reference

WESTHOVEN: When we come back, a multi-faceted debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2006] Reference

He's a multi-faceted person that is riveting to us right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2002] Reference

Cameron Diaz ` s red carpet style is definitely multi-faceted.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2005] Reference

Strength, though, is a multi-faceted, many-layered state of mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alyssa Jung: Buffalo Bills to Take On Green Bay Packers] Reference

Needless to say, human beings are many-faceted, complex creatures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Judith Rich: The Perils and Possibilities of Pollyanna] Reference

It ` s-- you know, we ` re -- it ` s a multi-faceted investigation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2005] Reference

COMPTON: Well, the principal causes of addiction are multi - faceted.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2007] Reference

They are adopting a multi-faceted approach at the moment -- Anderson.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 6, 2004] Reference

She was looking up from the faceted glass now, shaking her head sadly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Status Civilization] Reference

Driving is a multi-faceted kind of thing that's just really common sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 22, 2001] Reference

The young woman was staring into the pan of water, into the faceted glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Status Civilization] Reference

He felt himself irresistibly drawn toward the silver-faceted wall of the Devil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil Crystals of Arret] Reference

Gordon Brown, the new prime minister, is calling for a multi-faceted approach.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2007] Reference

But as we have talked about lots of times, this is a really multi-faceted problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 18, 2007] Reference

Today she continues her multi-faceted career as a world famous actress and singer.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2009] Reference

It's my great pleasure to welcome the multi-faceted, rarely interviewed Paul Newman.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2004] Reference

He was good with light, and the way light faceted pyramids and faces and far misty hills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gansevoort Ridge] Reference

And at just 30 years of age, he's chairman of Wimberley Media Group, a multi-faceted company.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2007] Reference

But the policy challenges in immigration are never single faceted, and the public knows that.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the fight over Arizona's immigration law, everybody loses] Reference

(A number of faceted stones cut from the less known minerals were thrown upon the screen by reflected light.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference

A second later the rat-man was pinned against the faceted crystalline side just under the opalescent nucleus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil Crystals of Arret] Reference

If we are dealing with a faceted stone, not even the smallest portion can be utilized, for fear of injuring it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference

For awhile he stared at the many-faceted depths of the crystals; then he leaned over and touched them with his lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Marooner] Reference

Now bring it near; see the carving, here corrugated, there faceted, now sculptured into hideous, tiny, heathen gods.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference

Then there came a sudden twang, as of a violently plucked string on a bass viol, and the amber egg dropped from the faceted side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil Crystals of Arret] Reference