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trapezium

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Main Entry:
tra·pe·zi·um 
          Listen to the pronunciation of trapezium
Pronunciation:
\trə-ˈpē-zē-əm, tra-\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural tra·pe·zi·ums or tra·pe·zia 
          Listen to the pronunciation of trapezia \-zē-ə\
Etymology:
New Latin, from Greek trapezion, literally, small table, diminutive of trapeza table, from tra- four (akin to tettares four) + peza foot; akin to Greek pod-, pous foot — more at four, foot
Date:
1570
1 a: a quadrilateral with no parallel sides bBritish : trapezoid 1b2: a bone in the wrist at the base of the metacarpal of the thumb


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