TRAPEZIUM Definition & Meaning

trapezium

[ truh-pee-zee-uhm ]

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noun

plural trapeziums, trapezia

Geometry.
1. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram.
2. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel.
3. British. trapezoid ( def 1a ).
Anatomy. a bone in the wrist that articulates with the metacarpal bone of the thumb.

trapezium

/ �ٰ�əˈ�辱ː��ɪə�� /

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

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, Plural trapeziums

A four-sided plane figure having no parallel sides.

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Derived Forms

�ٰ��ˈ��, adjective

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of trapezium¹

1545–55; < New Latin < Greek �ٰ��é��ǲ� kind of quadrilateral, literally, small table, equivalent to �ٰ�á�� ( a ) table (shortening of *tetrapeza object having four feet, equivalent to tetra- four + ��é�� foot, akin to poús, podós; tetra-, foot ) + -ion diminutive suffix

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of trapezium¹

C16: via Late Latin from Greek trapezion , from trapeza table

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In a series of 8½ -by-11 drawings, the artist brings out circles and semicircles as well as squares and a trapezium.

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Plans also call for an indoor trapeze center, which the school says would be the only trapezium in the country.

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Plus some work on shape, so “boys, this is a trapezium”, and the like.

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Sometimes, however, in certain varieties of horses the trapezium is developed, but then it is no more than a very small osseous nodule.

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And let all quadrilaterals other than these be called trapezia.

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