Trapezium
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trapezium is a noun meaning (geometry, British, Australia, New Zealand) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
Meaning
(geometry, British, Australia, New Zealand) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
More Meanings
- (geometry, US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
- (anatomy) The trapezium bone of the wrist.
- A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
Word Forms
- trapeziums
- trapezia
Synonyms for trapezium
Depending on context, synonyms include trapeze, trapezoid.
Antonyms for trapezium
Common opposites include parallelogram.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include isosceles, os, trapeze, rectangle, quad, triangle.
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