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Definitions for bifacial
baɪˈfeɪ ʃəlbi·fa·cial

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. biface, bifacialadjective

    having two faces or fronts

    "the Roman Janus is bifacial"

Wiktionary

  1. bifacialadjective

    Having two faces or opposing surfaces

  2. bifacialadjective

    Having two sharp cutting edges

Wikipedia

  1. bifacial

    A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history, yet there is no academic consensus on what they were used for. It is made from stone, usually flint or chert that has been "reduced" and shaped from a larger piece by knapping, or hitting against another stone. They are characteristic of the lower Acheulean and middle Palaeolithic (Mousterian) periods, roughly 1.6 million years ago to about 100,000 years ago, and used by Homo erectus and other early humans, but rarely by Homo sapiens.Their technical name (biface) comes from the fact that the archetypical model is a generally bifacial (with two wide sides or faces) and almond-shaped (amygdaloidal) lithic flake. Hand axes tend to be symmetrical along their longitudinal axis and formed by pressure or percussion. The most common hand axes have a pointed end and rounded base, which gives them their characteristic almond shape, and both faces have been knapped to remove the natural cortex, at least partially. Hand axes are a type of the somewhat wider biface group of two-faced tools or weapons. Hand axes were the first prehistoric tools to be recognized as such: the first published representation of a hand axe was drawn by John Frere and appeared in a British publication in 1800. Until that time, their origins were thought to be natural or supernatural. They were called thunderstones, because popular tradition held that they had fallen from the sky during storms or were formed inside the earth by a lightning strike and then appeared at the surface. They are used in some rural areas as an amulet to protect against storms. Hand axe tools were possibly used to butcher animals; to dig for tubers, animals and water; to chop wood and remove tree bark; and/or process vegetal materials. Other scholars have proposed that hand axes were used to throw at prey; for a ritual or social purpose; or possibly as a source for flake tools.

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  1. bifacial

    Bifacial refers to an object or tool that has been worked or shaped on both sides or faces, typically referring to stone tools or artifacts. This term is often used in archaeology and anthropology.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bifacialadjective

    having the opposite surfaces alike

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bifacial

    bī-fā′shyal, adj. having two like faces or opposite surfaces. [L. bi-, twice, and Facial.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bifacial in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bifacial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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