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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  2.  (Anat.)  A  bone  of  the  carpus  at  the  base  of  the  second 
  metacarpal,  or  index  finger. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  (Anat.)  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  trapezoid  ligament;  as 
  the  trapezoid  line 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trapezoid 
  n  1:  (in  US)  a  quadrilateral  with  two  parallel  sides 
  2:  the  wrist  bone  between  the  trapezium  and  the  capitate  bones 
  [syn:  {trapezoid  bone},  {os  trapezoideum}] 




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