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trapezium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | os trapezium, trapezium bone |
| Type of | carpal bone, carpal, wrist bone |
trapezium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | multiple star |
trapezium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | quadrangle, quadrilateral, tetragon |
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A trapezium in Proclus'sense is a quadrilateral having one pair of its opposite sides parallel.
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A trapezium as any quadrilateral more general than a parallelogram is the sense of the term in Euclid.
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Readers in the United Kingdom and Australia should read trapezium for each use of trapezoid in the following paragraphs.
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This sense is the one that is sometimes quoted in the US, but in practice quadrilateral is used rather than trapezium.
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There is an indication of swelling of trapezium on the outline of shoulder, becoming more pronounced over time.
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A four-cornered trapezium was the result from which square-edged or circular surfaces can be fitted together without any wastage.
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That small parcel of land was a trapezium shape, with a 10-metre wide frontage compressing to just eight metres at the back.
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The sense of a trapezium as an irregular quadrilateral having no sides parallel was sometimes used in England from c. 1800 to c. 1875, but is now obsolete.
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The Hong Kong permanent identity card number is printed at the bottom right hand side of the portrait photograph as a trapezium shape which gradually widens towards the bottom.
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- A quadrilateral with no parallel sides
- A multiple star in the constellation of Orion
- The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
- In geometry, a four-sided figure with one pair of parallel sides is referred to as trapezoid in American English and as a trapezium in British English. A trapezoid with vertices ABCD is denoted .
- The Trapezium, or Orion Trapezium Cluster is a tight open cluster of stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula, in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered by Galileo Galilei. On February 4, 1617 he sketched three of the stars (A, C, D), but missed the surrounding nebulosity. ...
- The trapezium bone (greater multangular bone) is a carpal bone, in what is commonly referred to as the wrist.
- In Euclidean plane geometry, a quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides (or 'edges') and four vertices or corners. Sometimes, the term quadrangle is used, by analogy with triangle, and sometimes tetragon for consistency with pentagon (5-sided), hexagon (6-sided) and so on. ...
- A four-sided figure with two sides or foot and head parallel, as a ship's square sail.
