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trapezium

noun

A four-sided polygon with two sides parallel

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Word length
9
Starts with
T
Ends with
M
Contains
RA
Scrabble score
22

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/tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/

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noun

  1. A four-sided polygon with two sides parallel

  2. A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.

  3. The trapezium bone of the wrist.

  4. 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.

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