vorderer Teil des Kopfes bei Säugetieren, v.a. aber beim Menschen mit Stirn, Augen, Nasen (-knorpel), Mund, Wangen, Kinn und spezif. G.muskulatur. Der Knochenbau des G. wird vom Stirnbein, den Schläfenbeinen und G.schädel mit bewegl. Unterkiefer bestimmt. Wichtigstes Sinnesorgan des G. ist das Augenpaar; die G.muskulatur bewirkt den jeweiligen G.ausdruck (Mimik), und die Verfaßtheit der G.haut (Durchblutung, Pigmentgehalt) bestimmt die G.farbe.
Facies, auch Physiognomie, der vordere Teil des Kopfes.
ETYM French, from Latin facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see Fact); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to Eng. fancy. Related to Facetious.
1. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; SYN. human face.
2. The part of an animal corresponding to the human face.
3. The general outward appearance of something.
4. (Synecdoche) A part of a person is used to refer to a person.
5. The act of confronting bravely; SYN. facing.
6. A vertical surface of a building or cliff.
7. Status in the eyes of others.
8. The side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object).
9. The striking or working surface of an implement.
In geometry, a plane surface of a solid enclosed by edges. A cube has six square faces, a cuboid has six rectangular faces, and a tetrahedron has four triangular faces.