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trapezoid

[ trap-uh-zoid ]

noun

  1. Geometry.
    1. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides.
  2. Anatomy. a bone in the wrist that articulates with the metacarpal bone of the forefinger.


adjective

  1. Also ٰe·Ǿd. Geometry. of, relating to, or having the form of a trapezoid.

trapezoid

/ ˈٰæɪˌɔɪ /

noun

  1. a quadrilateral having neither pair of sides parallel
  2. Also calledBrit, Austral., NZ, and South Africantrapezium a quadrilateral having two parallel sides of unequal length
  3. a small bone of the wrist near the base of the index finger
“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

trapezoid

/ ٰăĭ-Ǿ′ /

  1. A four-sided plane figure having two parallel sides.

trapezoid

  1. A four-sided polygon in which two sides are parallel and two are not.
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·ٰ·Ǿ adjective
  • ܲ·ٰ·Ǿ adjective
  • ܲt··Ǿd adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of trapezoid1

First recorded in 1695–1705; from New Latin ٰīŧ, from Late Greek ٰDZ𾱻ḗs “tܳ-”; trapezium, -oid
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of trapezoid1

C18: from New Latin ٰǾŧ , from Late Greek ٰDZ𾱻ŧ trapezium-shaped, from trapeza table
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Each wire branch — ending in sheet-metal trapezoid and triangular petals painted primary blue, yellow, red and white — holds the next aloft, like dancers balancing on each other’s shoulders.

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During those experiments, Schwartz cut open a Möbius band and realized, “Oh, my God, it’s not the parallelogram. It’s a trapezoid.”

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After a series of emergency meetings, the circle became a trapezoid.

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So he pairs two pictures, one featuring pulpy dots and the other straight-edged triangles and trapezoids.

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Most dynamic are the pictures in which jauntily arranged trapezoids, grouped tightly together, appear to fracture.

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