trapezoid
nounUK /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/ · US /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/
Etymology Learned borrowing from New Latin trapezoïdēs. By surface analysis, trapeze + -oid. First attested in 1704.
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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences Canada, US A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
- There was a trapezoid of light on his shoulder, some bright fragment torn from a greater plane.2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 178:
- The dining room was closed (this was the height of the pandemic), but peeking through the trapezoid windows, Mr. Pujol, 53, saw the Pizza Hut of his childhood.2026 March 3, Steven Kurutz, “That Red Roof! Those Tiffany Lamps! It’s a Pizza Hut From the Past.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences Australia, New Zealand, UK A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.
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Hobbies, Ice hockey, Lifestyle, Skating, Sports The marked trapezoidal area immediately behind the goal line and the goal itself within which the goaltender may touch the puck.
- Derived terms
- Ames trapezoid, isosceles trapezoid, magnotrapezoid, retrotrapezoid, right trapezoid, spinotrapezoid, subtrapezoid, trapezoidal, trapezoid rule