Look up: trapezium

1. trapezium
   [n] - (in US) a quadrilateral with no parallel sides 2. [n] - a multiple star in the constellation of Orion 3. [n] - the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
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2. Trapezium
   a four-sided aspect structure with two sides parallel and the other two sides the same aspect.
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3. Trapezium
   A bone in the wrist near the thumb.
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4. trapezium
   a geometric distortion that causes a rectangular raster to take the form of a trapezium Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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5. trapezium
   Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A little table, an irregular four-sided figure, dim. Of a table, for; (see Tetra-) + foot, akin to foot; hence, originally, a table with four feet. See Foot. ... 1. <geometry> A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel. ... 2. <anatomy> A...
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6. trapezium
   trapezium bone noun the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
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7. Trapezium
   noun a multiple star in the constellation of Orion
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8. trapezium
   noun a quadrilateral with no parallel sides
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9. trapezium
   (trә-pe´ze-әm) an irregular, four-sided figure. the most lateral bone found in the row of carpal bones that is located closer to the fingers and farther from the wrist.
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10. Trapezium
    • (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. • (n.) A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel. • (n.) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior e...
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11. Trapezium
    (from the article `star cluster`) ...are larger than open clusters, ranging from 100 to 700 light-years in diameter, and usually contain one or more open clusters as nuclei. They ... ...the Dutch scholar and scientist, using his own greatly superior instruments, was the first to describe the bright inner region of the nebula and ... ...
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12. trapezium
    (bone) Type: Term Definitions: 1. the lateral (radial) bone in the distal row of the carpus; it articulates with the first and second metacarpals, scaphoid, and trapezoid bones. Synonyms: os trapezium, greater multangular bone, os multangulum majus, trapezium2
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13. Trapezium
    [bone] The trapezium bone (greater multangular bone) is a carpal bone in the wrist. The trapezium is distinguished by a deep groove on its palmar surface. It is situated at the radial side of the carpus, between the scaphoid and the first metacarpal bone (the metacarpal bone of the thumb). I...
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14. Trapezium
    The word trapezium has several meanings: ...
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15. trapezium
    
    • (in US) a quadrilateral with no parallel sides
    • a multiple star in the constellation of Orion
    • the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
    
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16. Trapezium
    (Theta¹Orionis) The Trapezium. The brightest star is Theta¹ Orionis C. Credit: John Bally, Dave Devine, and Ralph Sutherland, STScI, NASA A star cluster at the heart of the Orion Nebula consisting of more than 1,000 young ...
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17. trapezium
    The American definition of a trapezium is a quadrilateral with no parallel sides. The British definition is equivalent to that of a trapezoid.
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18. Trapezium
    In geometry, a trapezium is a plane figure comprised of four straight lines of which one pair of opposite sides only are parallel.
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19. trapezium
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tra-pē′zē-ŭm, -ă Definitions: 1. A four-sided geometric figure with no two sides in parallel. Synonyms: trapezium (bone)
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20. trapezium
    In geometry, a quadrilateral (a shape with four sides) with two of its sides parallel. If the parallel sides have lengths a and b and the perpendicular distance between them is h (the height of the trapezium), its area A =...
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21. trapezium
    Greek trapezion = a trapezium - a quadrilateral with 2 sides parallel.
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