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trapezoid

[trap-uh-zoid]
noun
  1. Geometry.
    1. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides.
    2. British.trapezium(def 1b).
  2. Anatomy. a bone in the wrist that articulates with the metacarpal bone of the forefinger.
adjective
  1. Also trap·e·zoi·dal. Geometry. of, relating to, or having the form of a trapezoid.

Origin of trapezoid

1695–1705; < New Latin trapezoīdēs < Late Greek trapezoeidḗs trapeziumlike. See trapezium, -oid
Related formspost·trap·e·zoid, adjectivesub·trap·e·zoid, adjectivesub·trap·e·zoi·dal, adjective
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trapezoid

noun
  1. a quadrilateral having neither pair of sides parallel
  2. Also called: (Brit, Austral., NZ, and South African) trapezium US and Canadian a quadrilateral having two parallel sides of unequal length
  3. a small bone of the wrist near the base of the index finger

Word Origin for trapezoid

C18: from New Latin trapezoidēs, from Late Greek trapezoeidēs trapezium-shaped, from trapeza table
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Word Origin and History for trapezoidal

trapezoid

n.

1706, "a trapezium," from Modern Latin trapezoides, from Late Greek trapezoeides (Proclus), special use by Euclid of Greek trapezoeides "trapezium-shaped," from trapeza, literally "table" (see trapezium), + -oeides "shaped" (see -oid). Technically, a quadrilateral figure with no two sides parallel. But in English since c.1800, often confused with trapezium in its sense of "a quadrilateral figure having only two sides parallel."

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trapezoidal in Medicine

trapezoid

[trăp′ĭ-zoid′]
n.
  1. A quadrilateral having two parallel sides.
  2. A small bone in the wrist that is situated near the base of the index finger and that articulates with the second metacarpal, trapezium, capitate, and scaphoid bones.
Related formstrap′e•zoid′ null adj.
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trapezoidal in Science

trapezoid

[trăp′ĭ-zoid′]
  1. A four-sided plane figure having two parallel sides.
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trapezoidal in Culture

trapezoid

[(trap-uh-zoyd)]

A four-sided polygon in which two sides are parallel and two are not.

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