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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trapezoid \Trap"e*zoid\, n. [Gr. ? trapezoid-shaped; ? table + ?
     shape, likeness: cf. F. trap['e]zo["i]de. See {Trapezium}.]
     1. (Geom.) A plane four-sided figure, having two sides
        parallel to each other.
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     2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the second
        metacarpal, or index finger.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trapezoid \Trap"e*zoid\, a.
     1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the
        trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and
        the clavicle.
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     2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as,
        the trapezoid line.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trapezoid
       n 1: a quadrilateral with two parallel sides
       2: the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones
          [syn: {trapezoid bone}, {os trapezoideum}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "trapezoid":
     cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diced, foursquare,
     oblong, orthogonal, quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform,
     quadrilateral, rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid, square, tetragonal,
     tetrahedral, trapezohedral
  
  

















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