trap|e|zoid

trap|e|zoid
trap|e|zoid «TRAP uh zoyd», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a) a four-sided plane figure having two sides parallel and two sides not parallel. b) = parallelogram. (Cf.parallelogram) c) British. a four-sided plane figure having no sides parallel; trapezium.
2. Anatomy. the lesser muangular (bone).
–adj.
= trapezoidal. (Cf.trapezoidal)
[< New Latin trapezöides < Late Greek trapezoid (in Greek, shaped like a trapezium) < Greek trápeza table + eîdos form]

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