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multiface en · ADJ

Etymology

From multi- + face.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having multiple faces or visages.
   • This multiface image is distinctly similar in style to the “mask” or “post” figures above. 1991, Bishop Museum Occasional Papers - Issue 31, page 46:
   • At work, in an industry of service, this multiface mentality becomes more natural, probably because of constant practice. 2021, E. R. Vogel, Love Poems and other Stuff:
   • The Beast is a multiface doll. One face represents the Beast, the other, that of the handsome Prince. 1980, Charlene Davis Roth, Making Original Dolls of Composition, Bisque, and Porcelain, page 99:
2. (not-comparable) Having multiple front sides or facets.
   • The multiface four-way signals shall consist of an assembly of bodies and optical systems as specified above for the single-face bracket-type signals. 1927, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia ·, District of Columbia Investigations, page 1571:
   • Multiface fireplaces are also popular; they include the see-through fireplace, the corner fireplace, and the freestanding fireplace. 2007, Andy Pressman, Charles George Ramsey, Architectural Graphic Standards, page 313:
   • Usually found on multiface dials, but also used on roofs, wall copings, and so forth. 2012, R. Newton Mayall, Margaret W. Mayall, Sundials: Their Construction and Use, page 206:
3. (not-comparable) Occurring on or pertaining to multiple faces or sides.
   • Concern has been expressed that if multiface blasting were permitted, the firing of one face could cause disruption of the blasting circuit in another face resulting in undetonated explosives. 1989, Federal Register - Volume 54, Issues 230-236, page 50715:
   • By this means multiface texturing can be apply for each building results in a “photo-realistic” city model. 2006, Long-Wen Chang, Wen-Nung Lie, Rachel Chiang, Advances in Image and Video Technology, page 1285:
   • Multiface cutting greatly increasees production, and obtains greater accuracy and uniformity in the pieceds produced. 1943, Industry and Welding - Volume 16, page 45:
   • The multiface perforator was based upon a 32 unit-to-the-em system. 1979, John W. Seybold, Fundamentals of Modern Photo-composition, page 60:

multiface en · NOUN

Etymology

From multi- + face.

Meanings

1. A combination of multiple faces on a single head.
   • Among these figurines is one, such as this rare example, which portrays multifaces carved on a short column and is known as Sakimatwematwe. 1980, Joan G. Caldwell, Betty N. McDermott, Handbook of the Collection: New Orleans Museum of Art, page 169:
   • His multiface looked angry. His eyebrows knotted and his eyes were burning red. 2017, Joseph R Bristol, Human Nature: Seven Suns, page 8:
   • Again, a multiface is present; here the button has two doughnut, punctated eyes with a smoothed, raised appliqué that appears to be a smiling mouth. 1975, R. Christopher Goodwin, Jeffery B. Walker, Villa Taina de Boqueron, page 82:
2. A set of multiple aspects.
   • There is nationalism in this multiface. 1965, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts - Issues 206-210, page 10:
3. A stone tool constructed by chipping off flakes from every side.
   • Multifaces have at least one flake scar not originating on an edge on more than two faces ( Plate 10.5 ) . 1988, Charles W. Markman, Putney Landing, page 200:
   • Unifacial and multifacial tools are, on average, the largest tools at JAAP-1 while edge-only and bifacial tools tend to be similar in average size and somewhat smaller than the unifaces and multifaces. 1988, John F. Doershuk, Plenemuk Mound and the Archaeology of Will County, page 153:
   • As a general rule across the site, the usage patterns of bifaces differed significantly from the usage of multifaces or unifaces. 1988, Anthropological Papers - Issues 79-81, page 72:

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