trapezoid
noun
trap·​e·​zoid
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Definition of trapezoid
1a
: a quadrilateral having only two sides parallel
2
: a bone in the wrist at the base of the metacarpal of the index finger
Illustration of trapezoid
trapezoid 1a
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Other Words from trapezoid
trapezoidal
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of trapezoid in a Sentence
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He was placed on the injured list with a right trapezoid strain Aug. 13. — Los Angeles Times, "Gavin Lux will make his Dodgers debut Monday," 1 Sep. 2019 If that’s true, there’s little reason not to junk the left side of the trapezoid and do what the LIFT+ Act does: include everyone, regardless of earned income. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, "Rashida Tlaib wants to give low-income adults $3,000 a year each, no questions asked," 12 June 2019 The credit looks a bit like a trapezoid: an upward-sloping line on the left, a plateau in the middle, and then a downward-sloping line on the right. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, "Parenting can be a full-time job. Activists want the tax code to treat it that way.," 15 July 2019 From an angle, a square looks like a trapezoid, so Vector can just translate that skewed shape into a position. — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, "The new Anki Vector robot is smart enough to just hang out," 8 Aug. 2018 To the north, where the facade meets Milan’s skyline and becomes mostly glass, cantilevering over the street, the block breaks into a zigzag of shifting floor plates, rectangles and trapezoids, the whole building wedged onto a triangular plot. — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, "Shape-Shifting Art Tower Completes Prada’s City Within a City," 15 June 2018 The piece is the anchor for Butterfly Park, a trapezoid of grass and flowers created by neighborhood residents with the support of the Milwaukee Christian Center, which also commissioned Tia's new mural. — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Better Angels: Tia Richardson's newest mural is one neighborhood's vision of better things to come," 5 July 2018 The Montreal native was the last real standup goaltender as the position moved almost exclusively to the butterfly technique, and his puck-handling prowess led the NHL to institute the trapezoid behind the net as a way to increase scoring. — Stephen Whyno, chicagotribune.com, "Gary Bettman, Martin Brodeur, Willie O'Ree top Hockey Hall of Fame class," 26 June 2018 Some of them are straight lines, some are spirals and rectangles and trapezoids, and some are animals: whales, ducks, hummingbirds. — Angela Chen, The Verge, "Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the scientist who studied the mysterious desert lines of Peru," 15 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'trapezoid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for trapezoid
trapezoid
noun
English Language Learners Definition of trapezoid
geometry
US
: a four-sided shape that has two sides that are parallel and two sides that are not parallel
See the full definition for trapezoid in the English Language Learners Dictionary
trapezoid
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trap·​e·​zoid
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Kids Definition of trapezoid
: a flat geometric figure with four sides but with only two sides parallel
trapezoid
noun
trap·​e·​zoid
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Medical Definition of trapezoid
: a bone in the distal row of the carpus at the base of the index finger
— called also lesser multangular, trapezoid bone, trapezoideum
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