| Definitions | | trapezium |
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noun (pl2=trapezia)
- (context, geometry, British) A four-sided polygon with two non-adjacent parallel sides.
- (context, geometry, US) A four-sided polygon with no two sides parallel.
- A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.
- A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
Translations: - French: trapèze
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, region of the brain)
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
- Italian: trapezio
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, polygon with no parallel sides)
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