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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French bisel, a dialectal variant of biseau (“sloping edge”), a variation on bijou (“jewel”), itself from Breton bisou, bizou (“ring worn on the finger”), from biz (“finger”).
Unrelated to similar bevel, which is of a different French origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
bezel (plural bezels)
- The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.
- The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting.
- The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
- Synonym: collet
1886 October – 1887 January, H Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:“There,” she went on, “it must be one like to it, and yet never did I see one like to it, for thereto hung a history, and he who wore it prized it much. But the scarab that I knew was not set thus in the bezel of a ring.
- (computing) The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.
- (computing) The area on the front of a computing device surrounding the display.
Modern smartphones have very thin bezels.
Derived terms
Translations
the oblique side or face of a cut gem
the rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object
the panel that covers the front of a computer case or the panel covering each drive bay
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English bezel.
Pronunciation
Noun
bezêl (plural bezel-bezel)
- (computing) bezel: the area on the front of a computing device surrounding the display.
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