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trapezium

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
25
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/
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/tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/ · /tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/

Definition of trapezium

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Australia, British, New-Zealand)A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
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noun

  1. (Australia, British, New-Zealand)A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
  2. (Australia, British, New-Zealand)A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
  3. (US, dated)A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
  4. The trapezium bone of the wrist.
  5. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

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Etymology

Recorded since 1570, learned borrowing from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”). Doublet of trapeze.

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