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Definition of trapezium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trapezium

noun
 
/trəˈpiːziəm/
 
/trəˈpiːziəm/
(plural trapeziums, trapezia
 
/trəˈpiːziə/
 
/trəˈpiːziə/
)
(geometry)
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  1. (British English)
    (North American English trapezoid)
    a flat shape with four straight sides, one pair of opposite sides being parallel (= the same distance apart at every point) and the other pair not parallelTopics Colours and Shapesc2
  2. (North American English)
    (British English trapezoid)
    a flat shape with four straight sides, none of which are parallel (= the same distance apart at every point)Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek trapezion, from trapeza ‘table’.
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