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(in US) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides
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trapezoid
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context geometry US English) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides. 2 (context geometry British English) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel and no equal sides. 3 (context anatomy English) The trapezoid bone of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1706, "a trapezium," from Modern Latin trapezoides , from Late Greek trapezoeides , noun use by Euclid of Greek trapezoeides "trapezium-shaped," from trapeza , literally "table" (see trapezium ), + -oeides "shaped" (see -oid ). Technically, a plane four-sided ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Trapezoid may refer to: Trapezoid or trapezium, a geometric figure Trapezoid bone , a bone in the hand Trapezoid (band) , an American folk music group Goaltender trapezoid , an area of a hockey rink Trapezoid, a former musical project of Neil Cicierega ...
Usage examples of trapezoid.
Arcas hunkered down and contemplated the flat trapezoid, which was three meters across at its base.
The embedded circuit lines in the rock walls carried the necessary power to the flat trapezoid that held only an opaque stone surface.
Meanwhile, Margaret stared as the stone trapezoid crackled and fuzzed with static.
The coca leaves are grown in Peru and Bolivia, then flown or shipped down the Amazon to Leticia and transported to factories in the Trapezoid, where cocaine is made.
He knew there was nothing he could say to talk her out of going to the Trapezoid with him, and he was glad.
West handed Big Ears the priceless golden trapezoid, which the big man placed inside a sturdy backpack.
CIEF assassin opened it with his foot, saw the glistening golden trapezoid inside.
Searching for a golden trapezoid in there would be like searching for a needle in a mountain of haystacks.
A sudden light from the Avery bedroom projects a long yellow trapezoid over the spiky grass.
Then Pincushion, where everyone lived on huge long pins, and Spiral, like a little galaxy, Tangle, like knots in spaghetti, Motes, which seemed to be a swarm of particles, Trapezoid, which was not exactly cubic, and Shoe.
In addition to introducing the Symbiotic Trapezoid Quote as the wave of the future in journalism, I have some other ideas to get into: mainly about Richard Nixon, and some of these are ugly.
I remember the light on the wall, a big trapezoid of yellow getting narrower until the door clicked shut, and there was only a thin line of light from the crack.
Judah, racing back down the entry tunnel with the two large golden trapezoids in their midst.
There was an assortment of shapes, too: deranged trapezoids, overweight butterflies, giant beer cans.
The Tech Center rose in a jumble off to the left, beer cans and trapezoids, and then there was a long curve of isolated buildings all the way to downtown, an island of skyscraping towers obviously in need of a moratorium.