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trapezium 1. Chiefly Brit a quadrilateral having two parallel sides of unequal length 2. Now chiefly US and Canadian a quadrilateral having neither pair of sides parallel 3. a small bone of the wrist near the base of the thumb trapezium [trə′pē·zē·əm] (mathematics) A quadrilateral where no sides are parallel. Trapezium [trə′pē·zē·əm] (astronomy) Four very hot stars that appear to the eye as a single star in the Great Nebula of Orion; the star symbol is M42. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Let the reader picture to himself a series of visages presenting successively all geometrical forms, from the triangle to the trapezium, from the cone to the polyhedron; all human expressions, from wrath to lewdness; all ages, from the wrinkles of the new-born babe to the wrinkles of the aged and dying; all religious phantasmagories, from Faun to Beelzebub; all animal profiles, from the maw to the beak, from the jowl to the muzzle. |
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