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Visual perception phenomenon
The face inversion effect is a phenomenon in which identifying upside-down faces compared to upright faces is much more difficult than doing the same for
Face_inversion_effect
features. When identifying inverted faces, those showing stronger global precedence show a more prominent face inversion effect. Those showing a stronger global
Global_precedence
Visual perception under low-light conditions
accuracy (though twice as long fixations), able to recognize faces, and show a face inversion effect. Photopic vision – Visual perception under well-lit conditions
Scotopic_vision
Cognitive process of visually interpreting the human face
but their cognitive perception of objects remains intact. The face inversion effect provides behavioral support of a specialized mechanism as people
Face_perception
Species of bird
Clayton, Nicola S.; Nieder, Andreas (1 December 2017). "Comparing the face inversion effect in crows and humans". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 203 (12):
Carrion_crow
Optical illusion
basic principles of the Thatcher effect in face perception have also been applied to biological motion. The local inversion of individual dots is hard, and
Thatcher_effect
Species of fish
(2017-07-11). Tsao, Doris Y (ed.). "Individual recognition and the 'face inversion effect' in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes)". eLife. 6 e24728. doi:10.7554/eLife
Japanese_rice_fish
Brain response to faces
that an "Other-Race Effect" was elicited in conjunction with face inversions. Vizioli and colleagues examined the effect of face recognition impairment
N170
Applied electric field conductivity change
significant population of these levels in a narrow surface layer, called an inversion layer because the electrons are opposite in polarity to the holes originally
Field_effect_(semiconductor)
Part of the human brain
Kanwisher, Nancy (2005-12-24). "The Neural Basis of the Behavioral Face-Inversion Effect". Current Biology. 15 (24): 2256–2262. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.10
Occipital_face_area
Geometric symmetry operation
has a major effect upon their physical properties. The term reflection is loose, and considered by some an abuse of language, with inversion preferred;
Point_reflection
Process of memorising faces
In psychology, the face superiority effect refers to the holistic way in which the human mind perceives and encodes human faces into memory. Rather than
Face_superiority_effect
Chromosome rearrangement in which a segment of a chromosome is reversed
An inversion is a chromosome rearrangement in which a segment of a chromosome becomes inverted within its original position. An inversion occurs when a
Chromosomal_inversion
Optical illusion
class of hollow face illusions, which are a subcategory of ambiguous images. ... involves the combination of a subtle geometric effect, called reverse
Hollow-Face_illusion
Roller coasters are widely known for their drops, inversions, airtime, and other intense ride elements that contribute to the ride. They are also made
List of roller coaster elements
List_of_roller_coaster_elements
Type of perceptual task requiring attention
G.; Kanwisher, N. (2005). "The neural basis of the behavioural face-inversion effect". Current Biology. 15 (24): 2256–2262. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.10
Visual_search
Cognitive disorder of face perception
be in effect. It was previously believed that the inversion effect was associated only with faces, but this study found that it may apply to any category
Prosopagnosia
Electric charge generated in certain solids due to mechanical stress
effect results from the linear electromechanical interaction between the mechanical and electrical states in crystalline materials with no inversion symmetry
Piezoelectricity
Irish firms. By 2018, Ireland had received the most U.S. § Corporate tax inversions in history, and Apple was over one–fifth of Irish GDP. Academics rank
Corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland
Corporation_tax_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland
Linear change in the refractive index of optical media due to an electric field
applied electric field. The Pockels effect occurs in crystals that lack inversion symmetry, such as monopotassium phosphate (KH2PO4, abbr. KDP), potassium
Pockels_effect
Theory of facial recognition
face recognition can induce encoding error. Factors like negative colours, minimal viewing time and inversion (seen upside-down) when viewing a face can
Face_space
Vector field related to displacement current and flux density
is the displacement current density. In any material, if there is an inversion center then the charge at, for instance, + x {\displaystyle +x} and −
Electric_displacement_field
Geometric property of some molecules and ions
of an S2 axis, which is just an inversion. Any orientation will do, so long as it passes through the center of inversion. Also note that higher symmetries
Chirality_(chemistry)
the Pacific High) is caused by a temperature inversion embedded in the moving trade wind air. The inversion tends to suppress the vertical movement of air
Climate_of_Hawaii
List of postures in hatha yoga and yoga as exercise
for meditation, asanas may be standing, seated, arm-balances, twists, inversions, forward bends, backbends, or reclining in prone or supine positions.
List_of_asanas
Metric line consisting of five iambic feet
use of inversion, which reverses the order of the syllables in the foot. The following line from Shakespeare's Richard III begins with an inversion: / ×
Iambic_pentameter
2002 French film
chronological order, Irreversible: Straight Cut (French: Irréversible – Inversion intégrale), was screened in 2019 at the 76th annual Venice International
Irréversible
from both the surface and the atmosphere. Both modeling and model-based inversion are important for quantitative remote sensing. Here, modeling mainly refers
Quantitative_remote_sensing
volume. Such a policy is beneficial both to sellers and buyers. Source: The effect of a specific tax levied on sellers can be divided into three steps. First
Effect of taxes and subsidies on price
Effect_of_taxes_and_subsidies_on_price
Situation where cities are warmer than surrounding areas
stabilization of urban boundary layer. If enough stabilization occurs, an inversion layer is formed. This traps urban air near the surface, keeping surface
Urban_heat_island
1965 song by the Beatles
but describes "I've Just Seen a Face" as the album's "one genuine overlooked gem". He sees it as "an English inversion of Help!'s much-noted Dylan influence"
I've_Just_Seen_a_Face
Optical characteristics of the atmosphere
form of refraction, called the Fata Morgana, occurs with a temperature inversion, in which objects on the horizon or even beyond the horizon (e.g. islands
Atmospheric_optics
Mathematical version of an order change
(5, 4). Sometimes an inversion is defined as the pair of values (σ(i), σ(j)); this makes no difference for the number of inversions, and the reverse pair
Permutation
Allegation that Ireland facilitates tax base erosion and profit shifting
received the most U.S. corporate tax inversions of any global jurisdiction, or tax haven, since the first U.S. tax inversion in 1983. While IP–based BEPS tools
Ireland_as_a_tax_haven
Image-generating machine learning model
used within a generation prompt. Embeddings are based on the "textual inversion" concept developed by researchers from Tel Aviv University in 2022 with
Stable_Diffusion
Reflected duplication of an object
reversal. Hence, the reversal is somewhat misleadingly called a "lateral inversion". The perception of a left-right reversal is geometrically explained by
Mirror_image
Literary technique used to persuade
complex, or compound-complex. They may also include such techniques as inversion or such structures as appositive phrases, verbal phrases (gerund, participle
Literary_device
Ability to interpret the surrounding environment using light in the visible spectrum
spared face processing. Behaviorally, it has been shown that faces, but not objects, are subject to inversion effects, leading to the claim that faces are
Visual_perception
19th episode of the 4th season of Star Trek: The Next Generation
episode. He created a 3-D effect where the Cytherian's huge head appears to pop out of the screen, allowing him to have a face-to-face conversation with Picard
The Nth Degree (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
The_Nth_Degree_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
Device that amplifies an optical signal
the pump power decreases, the inversion level will reduce and thereby the gain of the amplifier will be reduced. This effect is known as gain saturation
Optical_amplifier
Feminine qualities in boys or men
a girlish boy, comes from an inversion of tomboy, meaning a boyish girl. The term girly boy comes from a gender-inversion of girly girl. Greek historian
Effeminacy
Immunomodulatory drug which can cause birth defects
chiral inversion to the teratogenic S-thalidomide. Under biological conditions, the enantiomers interconvert (bidirectional chiral inversion – (R)- to
Thalidomide
Place which charges very low taxes on profits
tax inversion. A "naked tax inversion" is where the corporate had little prior business activities in the new location. The first tax inversion was the
Tax_haven
1928 novel by Radclyffe Hall
Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose "sexual inversion" (homosexuality) is apparent from an early age. She finds love with Mary
The_Well_of_Loneliness
has this effect. Its size depends on the amount of the tax. It grows with the growth of the average (effective) tax rate. Substitution effect means that
Tax_efficiency
Culturally framed gesture of lifting the skirt or kilt
Obscene Laughter in 'The Contendings of Horus and Seth', in Egyptian Inversions of Everyday Life, and in the Context of Cultic Competition". In Schneider
Anasyrma
Optical device
interested in its capability of demonstrating basic principles of optics: the inversion of images through the pinhole or pupil, the non-interference of images
Camera_obscura
Genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous
examples of the found object movement. It is also a joke, relying on the inversion of the item's function as expressed by its title as well as its incongruous
Comedy
Intramolecular organic reaction in which a sigma bond is changed
stereochemical inversion the migrating group both rotates and translates to reach its bonded conformation. However, another stereochemical transition effect equally
Sigmatropic_reaction
Object that reflects an image
in images of objects that are effectively two-dimensional is that the inversion of left and right in a mirror is due to the way human beings perceive
Mirror
Low "effective" tax rates for foreign corporations
expected by past U.S. multinational Irish tax inversions, Eaton, Allergan, and Medtronic. This is the effect of Pfizer being able to use the new U.S. 13
Corporate_haven
Mexican astronaut, electrical engineer and science YouTuber
Depth-Inversion "Easillusions" and "Hardillusions": Differences for Scenes and Faces which focused on human recognition of two depth-inversion illusions—the
Katya_Echazarreta
Difference in shape from a mirror image
axis of rotation (Sn). This means that they cannot contain a center of inversion (i) or a mirror plane (σ). Only figures with a point group designation
Chirality
Semi-State body concerned with foreign direct investment into Ireland
[citation needed] Ireland's largest company Apple, post their giant BEPS inversion in 2015 (see "leprechaun economics"), now represents circa 25% of Irish
IDA_Ireland
Thai LGBTQ+ coded form of speech
no fixed system, some common patterns can be observed: Prefixing and inversion: mak (“very”) → lu-mak → lak-mook Adjusting for consonants: rak (“love”)
Phasa_Lu
Species of fish
flathead is determined at the juvenile stage, and that there is no sex inversion from male to female. Dusky flathead are a popular species for commercial
Platycephalus_fuscus
Science fiction character
Who' The Zygon Inversion (TV Episode 2015) - Ingrid Oliver as Osgood". IMDb. Retrieved 25 January 2020. "'Doctor Who' The Zygon Inversion Quotes | Planet
The_Doctor
Class of drugs
undergoes an in vivo metabolic inversion to the (S)-thalidomide, evil partner and vice versa. It is a bidirectional chiral inversion. Unichiral indicates configurationally
Chiral_drugs
Class of musical pitch sets
with three of the other chords. Each triad occurs just once with its inversion represented by the opposing 3 tones. The edges of the octahedron show
Hexany
Structuring text as input to generative artificial intelligence
been used for styling and testing. For text-to-image models, textual inversion performs an optimization process to create a new word embedding based
Prompt_engineering
Style of display typeface and lettering
concept of text faces having companion bold fonts did not exist, although some titling capitals were quite bold; if a bolder effect was intended blackletter
Fat_face
Italian legal scholar (born 1977)
Jewish Congress accused Albanese of repeatedly engaging in Holocaust inversion by drawing comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany, calling her statements
Francesca_Albanese
Watertight clothing that seals the wearer from cold and hazardous liquids
out of the boots in an inversion. The dry suit may also have an integral hood, which seals water out around the wearer's face, and helps keep the wearer's
Dry_suit
Generalized version of classical Green's function
b}G_{ab}(L,L')f_{b}(L')\qquad \qquad (5)} where G is defined by the following inversion relation ∑ L ″ , b ″ K a b ″ ( L , L ″ ) G b ″ b ( L ″ , L ′ ) = δ ( a
Multiscale_Green's_function
Mad renne rapp ride
vault completes a full rotation, giving riders the perception of inversion. This effect relies on the brain’s tendency to over-interpret visual cues when
Hex – The Legend of the Towers
Hex_–_The_Legend_of_the_Towers
Aspect of North–South Korea conflict
inversion occurs; the temperature of the air increases with elevation, and sound waves are refracted back down to the ground. Temperature inversion is
Korean Demilitarized Zone loudspeakers
Korean_Demilitarized_Zone_loudspeakers
Nerve crossings outside the central nervous system
the retina due to the camera obscura effect. The chiasm in the optic tract of cephalopods corrects this inversion. In insects, the optic chiasms seem to
Chiasm_(anatomy)
1987–2012 series of ten books by Iain Banks
The Player of Games from 1980 and that of Consider Phlebas from 1982. Inversions won the 2004 Italia Science Fiction Award for the Best International Novel
Culture_series
Purported miracle in 1917
of the miracle. Jaki described the phenomenon: ...a sudden temperature inversion must have taken place. The cold and warm air masses could conceivably
Miracle_of_the_Sun
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
Trump Allies Eye Investment Opportunities". Venezuelanalysis. "Millonaria inversión en Maldonado: empresario tecnológico desembolsó US$ 10 millones". Montevideo
Peter_Thiel
Personalizing Text-to-Image Generation using Textual Inversion". arXiv:2208.01618 [cs.CV]. "Textual Inversion · AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui Wiki". GitHub
AI_art
Irish corporate tax avoidance tool
The CAIA capitalises the effect of the Double Irish or Single Malt BEPS tools, and behaves like a corporate tax inversion of a US multinational's non-US
Double_Irish_arrangement
Species of fish
spawning season time between August and December that they undergo sex inversion. C. julis is classified as a diandric protogynous hermaphrodite. Diandric
Mediterranean_rainbow_wrasse
1995 film by Mamoru Oshii
Carl Silvio has called Ghost in the Shell a "resistant film", due to its inversion of traditional gender roles, its "valorization of the post-gendered subject"
Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)
Ghost_in_the_Shell_(1995_film)
Norwegian black metal musician (1968–1993)
SLAVES of religion. The theistic Satanism espoused by Euronymous was an inversion of Roman Catholic dogma, and he claimed "We praise the evil and we believe
Euronymous
Spectroscopic technique
until 1928. The Raman effect was named after one of its discoverers, the Indian scientist C. V. Raman, who observed the effect in organic liquids in 1928
Raman_spectroscopy
Changing gender presentation to accord with gender identity
Cornell University (2018). "What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being?". What We Know Project.
Gender_transition
Fictional animal in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail
from similarly cuddly animals. The humour of the scene comes from this inversion of the usual framework by which safety and danger are judged. Four years
Rabbit_of_Caerbannog
Term used to describe a distortion of Ireland's GDP by Apple Inc restructuring
erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) action, and the largest hybrid–tax inversion of a U.S. corporation. The event marked the replacement of Ireland's prohibited
Leprechaun_economics
2023 video game
and enhanced haptic feedback on PlayStation 5, along with expanded axis inversion options. Prior to the release of Alan Wake 2, Remedy Entertainment had
Alan_Wake_2
Instances of subjective experience
perceptions are the same, and no physical or behavioral test can reveal the inversion. Critics of functionalism, and of physicalism more broadly, argue that
Qualia
Company that owns income-producing real estate
February 2021. Olivares, David (2019-03-05). "¿Qué es una sociedad de inversión inmobiliaria?". MuyPymes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-19. "REITs (Real
Real_estate_investment_trust
Body hair removal
century medical and scientific experts started to link hairiness to "sexual inversion, disease pathology, lunacy, and criminal violence". Those connotations
Hair_removal
President of Mexico since 2024
original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023. "Claudia Sheinbaum resalta inversión histórica en movilidad para la CDMX". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish)
Claudia_Sheinbaum
Ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material
a rotation axis Inversion, which changes the sign of the coordinate of each point with respect to a center of symmetry or inversion point Improper rotation
Crystal_structure
Taxes and tax policy in medieval England
mercenaries in the army and navy. The reinforced military was needed, in the face of an invasion of England, by King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. Later, after
Taxation_in_medieval_England
Natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface
radiation inversions that occur because of clear skies and calm winds, buildings, wind turbines, and sailboats. Wind shear has a significant effect on the
Wind
Interactions between groups of atoms that do not arise from chemical bonds
the case of molecular ions), dipoles (in the case of molecules without inversion centre), quadrupoles (all molecules with symmetry lower than cubic), and
Van_der_Waals_force
Solar cell that can produce electrical energy from each side of the cell
In this way, these devices presented a Metal Insulator Semiconductor-Inversion Layer (MIS-IL) front junction. Ten years later, the same research group
Bifacial_solar_cells
College non scholae sed vitae [We learn] not for school but for life An inversion of non vitae sed scholae now used as a school motto non sequitur it does
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
Value-added tax in India
marking a significant departure from previous tax systems. The tax came into effect from 1 July 2017 through the implementation of the One Hundred and First
Goods and Services Tax (India)
Goods_and_Services_Tax_(India)
2009 Apple smartphone
double-clicking the Home button opens the multitasking bar). VoiceOver, Color Inversion, and Text Zoom were introduced as exclusive features to the iPhone 3GS
IPhone_3GS
Offensive personality types
person was more likely to exhibit light triad traits. This test is not an inversion of dark triad tests, as Kaufman instead focused on developing characteristics
Dark_triad
Persistence of visual distortions after using drugs
patients with anxiety disorders: a pilot study with the binocular depth inversion paradigm". Psychology, Health & Medicine. 18 (3): 363–374. doi:10.1080/13548506
Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder
Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder
Chord progression
comic effect; for instance, as the progression is played as an ostinato, sometimes it is used as a vi–IV–I–V (i. e. the "pessimistic" inversion). It does
I–V–vi–IV_progression
Two-terminal electronic component
Functional completeness can be achieved by adding an active device to provide inversion (as done with diode–transistor logic). In addition to light, mentioned
Diode
Abnormal hair growth over the body
lanuginosa Congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa may be caused by a paracentric inversion mutation of the q22 band of chromosome 8; however, it could also possibly
Hypertrichosis
Tax on activity generating negative externalities
dollar of revenue, but there are differing views on whether the second effect is positive or negative. The line of argument suggesting that the second
Pigouvian_tax
New tax that is collected in a way that is not obvious
Gordon Brown was imposing "stealth taxes ... designed to conceal their effect". Former Prime Minister Tony Blair only made occasional references to stealth
Stealth_tax
Visible mass of particles suspended in the atmosphere
convection in an otherwise mostly stable airmass topped by an inversion layer. If the inversion layer is absent or higher in the troposphere, increased airmass
Cloud
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fay.Southern French : variant of Fay 3.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the French personal name Pascal, PACE means "Passover; Easter."
Male
French
 Variant form of Norman French Asce, ACE means "noble at birth." Compare with another form of Ace.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Fay, FAE means "fairy."
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Northamptonshire)
English (chiefly Northamptonshire) : probably from the obsolete slang term facer, denoting a braggart or bully. The earliest citation for this term in OED is c. 1515.Americanized spelling of German Feeser.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Nice Face; Six Faced
Male
Romanian
Pet form of Romanian Åžtefan, FANE means "crown."
Boy/Male
English
A mace was a medieval weapon used by knights.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Fay, FAYE means "fairy."
Male
English
 English byname transferred to forename use, ACE means "number one." Compare with another form of Ace.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the Old Norse personal name Ãvarr, a compound of either Ãv ‘yew tree’, ‘bow’ or Ing (the name of a god) + ar ‘warrior’ or ‘spear’.Swedish equivalent of Iversen 1.Respelling of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Iversen.
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : Anglicized form of Welsh glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’, probably denoting someone with silver-gray hair. Compare Glass.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of cord and string, from Middle English lace ‘cord’ (Old French laz, las).
Surname or Lastname
Italian (Faré)
Italian (Faré) : Lombard variant of Ferrari.English : topographic name for a dweller by the roadside, Middle English fare (Old English fær).English : variant spelling of Fair.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Norman and Old French personal name, Ace, Asse, from Germanic (Frankish) Azzo, Atso, a pet form of personal names containing adal ‘noble’ as a first element.Possibly an Americanized form of German Atz, which has the same origin as 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, a survival of Old English Mæssa, which came to be taken as a pet form of Matthew.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for a mace-bearer, from Old French masse ‘mace’.English : habitational name from Macé in Orne, France.French (Macé) : variant of Massey; also a vernacular form of the personal name Mathieu (see Matthew).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the personal name Boniface.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Fese, a variant of Feese.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Paschalis (see Pascal, Italian Pasquale).nickname for a mild-mannered and peaceable person, from Middle English pace, pece ‘peace’, ‘concord’, ‘amity’ (via Anglo-Norman French from Latin pax, genitive pacis).Italian : from the medieval personal name Pace, used for both men and women, from the word pace ‘peace’ (see 1).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk and Suffolk)
English (mainly Norfolk and Suffolk) : variant of Faulks.Dutch : from the Germanic personal name Facco, a variant of Falco, itself probably a short form of a personal name formed with fal, a tribal name (as in Westphalia) or alternatively a byname meaning ‘falcon’.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwestern, also found in South Wales)
English (southwestern, also found in South Wales) : variant of Veazey.Americanized spelling of German Fehse, Vehse, variants of Feese.Americanized spelling of Swiss German Fäsi, from a pet form of the personal name Gervasius (see Gervais).
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Girl/Female
Muslim
Proud
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Boy/Male
German American English
Famous ruler.
Girl/Female
Indian
Pleasant, Agreeable
Girl/Female
Arabic
Lucky; Brave
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
God Gift
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus (Son of emperor Ashok)
Boy/Male
Native American
Wears a red shirt.
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of French Tristan, probably TRISTÃN means "riot, tumult."
Girl/Female
Indian
Dhara
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n.
The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.
a.
Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.
a.
Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.
n.
A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.
n.
That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention.
v. i.
To present a face or front.
n.
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of.
n.
The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.
n.
The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
imp. & p. p.
of Face
n.
A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.
v. t.
To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
v. t.
To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.
a.
Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.
v. t.
To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park.
v. i.
To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.
v.
Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.
v. t.
To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
a.
Having a thin face.
n.
The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium.