bevel

(bĕv'əl)
n.

1. The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90°.
2. Two rules joined together as adjustable arms used to measure or draw angles of any size or to fix a surface at an angle. Also called bevel square.

v., -eled, or -elled, -el·ing, or -el·ling, -els, or -els.

v.tr.
To cut at an inclination that forms an angle other than a right angle: beveled the edges of the table.

v.intr.
To be inclined; slant.

[Possibly from Old French *bevel, perhaps from baif, open-mouthed, from baer, to gape, from Vulgar Latin *badāre.]

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Edge of a printing plate that has been trimmed on an angle so that it can be more easily gripped by a clamp when used in the printing process.

1. The angle which one surface of a body makes with another surface when they are not at right angles.
2. See door bevel.
3. See lock bevel
4. A bevelsquare.

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n

The inclination that one surface makes with another when not at right angles; in cavity preparation, a cut that produces an angle of more than 90 degrees with a cavity wall.

For a list of words related to bevel, see:

• Fabrication and Manufacturing Processes - bevel: (vb) cut intersection of two faces to form third face at oblique angles to both
• Measuring and Marking Tools - bevel: rule with adjustable arm that opens to form measured angles, used for drawing or shaping sloped edges

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - smig, facetskåret kant
v. tr. - skråskære, facetskære
v. intr. - være i smig, være facetslebet

Nederlands (Dutch)
schuin(e rand), hoek, hoekmeter, afschuinen, geren, afkanten, hellen

Français (French)
n. - biseau, fausse équerre, surface oblique
v. tr. - tailler en biseau
v. intr. - tailler en biseau

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schräge
v. - abschrägen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λοξή γωνία, λοξή τομή
v. - λοξοτομώ, φαλτσοκόβω

Italiano (Italian)
spigolo, smussare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bisel (m), chanfradura (f)
v. - chanfrar

Русский (Russian)
фаска, снимать фаску

Español (Spanish)
n. - bisel, pestaña
v. tr. - biselar
v. intr. - hacer o colocar un bisel o pestaña

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - smygvinkel, kon, fas, nedslipad kant
v. - snedslipa, fasa, slipa av

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
斜面, 斜角, 斜边, 斜角规, 使成斜面, 成斜面, 下斜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 斜面, 斜角, 斜邊, 斜角規
v. tr. - 使成斜面
v. intr. - 成斜面, 下斜

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사각, 경사, 각도자
v. tr. - 비스듬히 자르다[하다]
v. intr. - 비스듬히 자르다[하다]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 斜角, 傾斜
v. - 斜めに切る, 斜角を付ける, 傾く
adj. - 斜角の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حافه مائله, زاويه تخطيط مائله, مسطرة زاويه (فعل) قص ( الزجاج) بحافه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיפוע, קצה משופע, שיפוע קל שעושים במתכת לשם ריתוך עם מתכת אחרת, מזווית - מכשיר לרישום זוויות על עץ ואבן‬
v. tr. - ‮המדיר, שיפע קצה‬
v. intr. - ‮המדיר, שיפע קצה, היה משופע‬

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