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ˈtræp əˌzɔɪdtrape·zoid

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trapezoidnoun

    a quadrilateral with two parallel sides

  2. trapezoid, trapezoid bone, os trapezoideumnoun

    the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones

Wiktionary

  1. trapezoidnoun

    A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.

  2. trapezoidnoun

    The trapezoid bone of the wrist.

  3. trapezoidnoun

    A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel and no equal sides.

  4. Etymology: From τραπέζιον + -oid.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Trapezoidnoun

    An irregular figure, whose four sides are not parallel. Dict.

    Etymology: τραπέζιον and εἰδος ; trapesoide, Fr.

Wikipedia

  1. Trapezoid

    A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides is called a trapezoid () in American and Canadian English. In British and other forms of English, it is called a trapezium ().A trapezoid is necessarily a convex quadrilateral in Euclidean geometry. The parallel sides are called the bases of the trapezoid. The other two sides are called the legs (or the lateral sides) if they are not parallel; otherwise, the trapezoid is a parallelogram, and there are two pairs of bases. A scalene trapezoid is a trapezoid with no sides of equal measure, in contrast with the special cases below.

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  1. trapezoid

    A trapezoid is a quadrilateral (a polygon with four sides) that has at least one pair of parallel sides. The parallel sides are known as the bases of the trapezoid, while the non-parallel sides are termed as legs. The angles which are adjacent to the base of the trapezoid are known as base angles.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trapezoidnoun

    a plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to each other

  2. Trapezoidnoun

    a bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger

  3. Trapezoidadjective

    having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle

  4. Trapezoidadjective

    of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as, the trapezoid line

Wikidata

  1. Trapezoid

    In Euclidean geometry, a convex quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides is referred to as a trapezoid in American English and as a trapezium in English outside North America. The parallel sides are called the bases of the trapezoid and the other two sides are called the legs or the lateral sides. A scalene trapezoid is a trapezoid with no sides of equal measure, in contrast to the special cases below. A trapezoid with vertices ABCD is denoted ABCD. There is some disagreement whether parallelograms, which have two pairs of parallel sides, should be counted as trapezoids. Some define a trapezoid as a quadrilateral having exactly one pair of parallel sides, thereby excluding parallelograms. Others define a trapezoid as a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides, making the parallelogram a special type of trapezoid. The latter definition is consistent with its uses in higher mathematics such as calculus. The former definition would make such concepts as the trapezoidal approximation to a definite integral ill-defined. This article uses the inclusive definition and considers parallelograms as special cases of a trapezoid. This is also advocated in the taxonomy of quadrilaterals.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. trapezoid

    Has all its four sides and angles unequal, and no sides parallel.

Editors Contribution

  1. trapezoidadjective

    A bone in the wrist

    The trapezoid bone is in the wrist


    Submitted by MaryC on August 26, 2023  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trapezoid in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trapezoid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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