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trapezium Definition


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trapezium
noun trapeziums, trapezia
    (Brit)
    1. A four-sided geometric figure that has one pair of its opposite sides parallel.
    (N Amer)
    2. A four-sided geometric figure that has no parallel sides.
    3. Any four-sided geometric figure that is not a parallelogram. See also trapezoid sense 1.
Derivative: trapezial
adj
    Etymology: 16c: Latin, from Greek trapezion, from trapeza table.



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