TRAPEZIUM


Meaning of TRAPEZIUM in English

-zēəm noun

( plural trapeziums -ēəmz ; or trape·zia -ēə)

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

1.

a. : a quadrilateral having no two sides parallel

b. Britain : trapezoid 1b

2. : the greater multangulum of the carpus

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