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Trapezium

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Noun

1. trapezium

a quadrilateral with no parallel sides

2. trapezium

a multiple star in the constellation of Orion

3. os trapezium, trapezium, trapezium bone

the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals

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Trapezium

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noun plural -ziums or -zia (-zɪə)
1. mainly British
a quadrilateral having two parallel sides of unequal length
. Usual US and Canadian name: trapezoid
2. mainly US and Canadian
a quadrilateral having neither pair of sides parallel
3. 
a small bone of the wrist near the base of the thumb

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Trapezium

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nounWord forms: plural traˈpeziums or traˈpezia (trəˈpiziə ; trəpēˈzēə; træˈpiziə ; trapēˈzēə)
1. 
a plane figure with four sides, no two of which are parallel
2.  British
trapezoid (sense 1)
3.  Anatomy
a small bone of the wrist near the base of the thumb

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Trapezium

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n.pl. tra·pe·zi·ums or tra·pe·zi·a(-ze-ə)
1. Mathematics
a. A quadrilateral having no parallel sides.
b. Chiefly British A trapezoid.
2. Anatomy A bone in the wrist at the base of the thumb.

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