"trapezoid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/ Audio: en-au-trapezoid.ogg [Australia] Forms: trapezoids [plural]
enPR: tră'pəzoid Etymology: From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|τραπέζιον||irregular quadrilateral|lit=a little table}} Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), {{m|en|-oid||resembling}} -oid (“resembling”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trapezoid (plural trapezoids)
  1. (geometry, US, Canada) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Geometry, Shapes Synonyms (convex quadrilateral with two non-adjacent parallel sides): trapezium [British] [geometry, mathematics, sciences]
    Sense id: en-trapezoid-en-noun-tREi9TdY Disambiguation of Shapes: 38 40 22 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'convex quadrilateral with two non-adjacent parallel sides': 75 22 3
  2. (geometry, British, Australia, New Zealand) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel. Tags: Australia, British, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Geometry, Shapes Synonyms (convex quadrilateral with no parallel sides): irregular quadrilateral [geometry, mathematics, sciences], trapezium [US] [geometry, mathematics, sciences]
    Sense id: en-trapezoid-en-noun-e~7VMVlM Disambiguation of Shapes: 38 40 22 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'convex quadrilateral with no parallel sides': 40 57 3
  3. (anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Shapes, Skeleton Translations (trapezoid bone): trapezoide [masculine] (Catalan), iso monikulmaluu (Finnish), trapezoide [masculine] (Portuguese), trapezoide [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-trapezoid-en-noun-scEHj2y9 Disambiguation of Shapes: 38 40 22 Disambiguation of Skeleton: 28 30 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 25 60 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'trapezoid bone': 4 11 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ames trapezoid, isosceles trapezoid, right trapezoid, trapezoidal, trapezoid rule

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