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Webster 1913 Edition

Bevelment

Bev′el-ment

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Noun.
(Min.)
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bevelment

BEV'ELMENT

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Noun.
In mineralogy, bevelment supposes the removal of two contiguous segments from the edges, angles or terminal faces of the predominant form, thereby producing two new faces, inclined to each other at a certain angle and forming an edge.

Definition 2024

bevelment

bevelment

English

Noun

bevelment ‎(plural bevelments)

  1. (mineralogy) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

Etymology

bevel +‎ -ment

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