TRAPEZIUM


Meaning of TRAPEZIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trə-ˈpē-zē-əm, tra- ]

noun

( plural -zi·ums or tra·pe·zia -zē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trapezion, literally, small table, diminutive of trapeza table, from tra- four (akin to tettares four) + peza foot; akin to Greek pod-, pous foot — more at four , foot

Date: 1570

1.

a. : a quadrilateral with no parallel sides

b. British : trapezoid 1b

2. : a bone in the wrist at the base of the metacarpal of the thumb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.