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jordache on Nov 22, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ditching the MacBook Pro for a MacBook Air

stop using the word chamfered! For a second there, I thought this account was held by john ivy

bhauer on Nov 22, 2018 | [–]

Sorry, but that is the word we use for, um, chamfered edges in the English language. I don't know any synonyms. Bevel is imprecise and can refer to flat edges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamfer

saagarjha on Nov 23, 2018 | [–]

It's Jony Ive, by the way.

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