Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Canada, US)A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.

    a quadrilateral with two parallel sides

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK)A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.

  3. The trapezoid bone of the wrist.

    the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones

  4. The marked trapezoidal area immediately behind the goal line and the goal itself within which the goaltender may touch the puck.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Every trapezoid consists of two parallel sides.

    Кожна трапеція має дві паралельні сторони. — deniko

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  2. Find the area of a trapezoid whose parallel sides are 9 and 12 centimeters.

    Знайдіть площу трапеції, паралельні сторони якої мають довжину 9 та 12 сантиметрів. — deniko

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  3. What the hell is a trapezoid?

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  4. This little trapezoid represents the ground.

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  5. Can you draw a trapezoid for me?

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin trapezoïdēs. By surface analysis, trapeze + -oid. First a

Learned borrowing from New Latin trapezoïdēs. By surface analysis, trapeze + -oid. First attested in 1704.

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Forms

plural: trapezoids
Singulartrapezoid
Pluraltrapezoids

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
trapeziumirregular quadrilateral
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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