bevel
IPA: bˈɛvʌɫ
noun
- An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
- An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
- (gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.
adjective
- Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
- (obsolete, figurative) Morally distorted; not upright.
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Examples of "bevel" in Sentences
- I think you want a Chamfer feature for the "bevel"
- If both are of the same diameter, they are called bevel gears; if of different diameters, miter gears.
- A bevel is the portion of metal, sometimes called the lip, that will be welded to another portion of metal.
- - Areas of text can be selected, and different attributes such as bevel, color, fonts, textures, animation and text settings applied
- On some guns the bevel at the mouth of the chamber was virtually non-existent and would cause the bullet to hit the square edge of the chamber mouth.
- “Plus, they were going for some kind of bevel effect at the top of that banner sign,” he slapped the dust from his gloves and tucked them in his back pocket.
- "On a king bolt," he said, occasionally consulting his notes, "runs a pivot in bevel which is kept in place by a small hair-spring, which spring fits loosely on the Conkling Shaft."
- The bevel is a depression round the entire side of the stone, which faces outwards, and may be effected either by a sloping cut which removes the right-angle from the edge, or by two cuts, one perpendicular and the other horizontal, which take out from the edge a rectangular bar or plinth.
- It came to pass, therefore, that he was forced to make all the stones irregular in shape, preparing them with great labour by means of the pifferello, which is the instrument otherwise called the bevel-square; and this made the work so clumsy, that, as will be related in the Life of Bandinelli, it has been difficult to bring it to such a form as might be in harmony with the rest.
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