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trapeziform

[ truh-pee-zuh-fawrm ]

adjective

  1. formed like a trapezium.


trapeziform

/ trəˈpiːzɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. rare.
    shaped like a trapezium

    a trapeziform part

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trapeziform1

First recorded in 1770–80; trapezi(um) + -form
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Example Sentences

Trapē′zian, having opposed trapeziform faces; Trapē′ziform, having the form of a trapeze.—n.

Trapeziform: in the form or shape of a trapezium.

The famous Kaaba, which is in the middle of the great court-yard, looked at a distance like an enormous cube, covered with a black curtain, but its plan is really trapeziform.

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