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trapezium

/trəˈpiːziəm/

trapeziumnoun

trapeziums

/trəˈpiːziəm/

Translations

The trapezium is a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides.

Трапеция - это четырехугольник с одной парой параллельных сторон.

трапециевидная кость

The trapezium is one of the carpal bones in the wrist.

Трапециевидная кость - это одна из костей запястья.

Additional translations

Definitions

(US) A quadrilateral with no sides parallel.

In American textbooks, a quadrilateral with no parallel sides is called a trapezium.

A bone in the wrist at the base of the thumb, also known as the greater multangular bone.

The doctor explained that the pain in her wrist was due to inflammation around the trapezium.

(Chiefly British) A quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.

In British classrooms, a trapezium has one pair of parallel sides and two non-parallel sides.

trapeziumadjective

/trəˈpiːziəm/

/trəˈpiziəm/

Used attributively to describe something shaped like or relating to a trapezium.

Definitions

Relating to or having the shape of a trapezium.

The engineer chose a trapezium cross-section for the beam.

trapeziumproper noun

Definitions

A compact group of bright stars at the heart of the Orion Nebula.

The Trapezium is easily visible through a small telescope in the Orion Nebula.