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trapezium
[ truh-pee-zee-uhm ]
noun
, plural tra·pe·zi·ums, tra·pe·zi·a [tr, uh, -, pee, -zee-, uh].
- Geometry.
- (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram.
- a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel.
- British. trapezoid ( def 1a ).
- Anatomy. a bone in the wrist that articulates with the metacarpal bone of the thumb.
trapezium
/ trəˈpiːzɪəm /
noun
- a quadrilateral having two parallel sides of unequal length Usual US and Canadian nametrapezoid
- a quadrilateral having neither pair of sides parallel
- a small bone of the wrist near the base of the thumb
trapezium
/ trə-pē′zē-əm /
, Plural trapeziums
- A four-sided plane figure having no parallel sides.
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Derived Forms
- traˈpezial, adjective
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Other Words From
- tra·pezi·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trapezium1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trapezium1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek trapezion , from trapeza table
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Example Sentences
The city of Tralles is built upon ground in the shape somewhat of a trapezium.
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It was an irregular trapezium, a mass struck off from the colossal granitic prism of the Great Douvre.
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His court must therefore have been a trapezium with its smallest side opposite to the pylon, rather than a rectangle.
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The plan is very peculiar, forming a very irregular trapezium, no two of the sides being equal in length.
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The Lick telescope has disclosed one or two other minute points of light associated with the Trapezium.
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