trapezoid

trapezoid
/trap"euh zoyd'/, n.
1. Geom.
a. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides.
b. Brit. trapezium (def. 1b).
2. Anat. a bone in the wrist that articulates with the metacarpal bone of the forefinger.
adj.
3. Also, trapezoidal. Geom. of, pertaining to, or having the form of a trapezoid.
[1695-1705; < NL trapezoides < LGk trapezoeidés trapeziumlike. See TRAPEZIUM, -OID]

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