| bevel | 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. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bevel gear | <mechanics> A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bevelled | 1. Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table. 2. <chemical> Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaces by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bevelled anastomosis | Anastomosis performed after cutting each of the structures to be joined in an oblique fashion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bevelment | <chemical> The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| cavosurface bevel | The incline of the cavosurface angle of a prepared cavity wall in relation to the plane of the enamel wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| reverse bevel | The sloping edge of a cutting instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |