bevel

bevel

 [bev´el]

1. a slanting edge.

2. the slanted portion of a needle tip that facilitates nontraumatic entry into a vein.

Beveled needle tip.

bev·el

(bev'ĕl),

1. A surface having a sloped or slanting edge.

2. The incline that one surface or line makes with another when not at right angles.

3. The edge of a cutting instrument.

4. To create a slanting edge on a body structure.

bevel

[bev′əl]

Etymology: OFr, baif, open mouth angle

1 any angle, other than a right angle, between two planes or surfaces.

2 (in dentistry) any angle other than 90 degrees between a tooth cut and a cavity wall in the preparation of a tooth cavity. Compare cavosurface bevel, contra bevel.

bev·el

(bev'ĕl)

1. The line of intersection of two surfaces that meet at any angle other than a right angle.

2. The angled point of an injection needle.

[O.Fr.]

bev·el

(bev'ĕl)

1. A surface having a sloped or slanting edge.

2. The incline that one surface or line makes with another when not at right angles.

3. The edge of a cutting instrument.

4. To create a slanting edge on a body structure.

[O.Fr.]