Fascia vs. Facade

Fascianoun

(architecture) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.

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A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.

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(UK) A dashboard.

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(architecture) A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.

Fascianoun

A broad well-defined band of color.

Fascianoun

A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.

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A sash worn by certain members of the Catholic and Anglican churches.

Fascianoun

(anatomy) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

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The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.

Fascianoun

A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.

Fascianoun

A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.

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The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

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A broad well-defined band of color.

Fascianoun

a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc

Fascianoun

a detachable covering for the front part of a mobile phone.

Fascianoun

a board or other flat piece of material covering the ends of rafters or other fittings

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a signboard on the upper part of a shopfront showing the name of the shop

Fascianoun

(in classical architecture) a long flat surface between mouldings on an architrave.

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the dashboard of a motor vehicle

Fascianoun

a board or panel of controls on any piece of equipment.

Fascianoun

a thin sheath of fibrous tissue enclosing a muscle or other organ

Fascia

A fascia (; plural fasciae ; adjective fascial; from Latin: ) is a band or sheet of connective tissue, primarily collagen, beneath the skin that attaches, stabilizes, encloses, and separates muscles and other internal organs. Fascia is classified by layer, as superficial fascia, deep fascia, and visceral or parietal fascia, or by its function and anatomical location.

Facadenoun

(architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.

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(by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ.

Facadenoun

(figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance; a front.

Facadenoun

The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its façade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

Facadenoun

the face or front of a building

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a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant