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[syn: trapezium, trapezium bone, os trapezium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trapezium \Tra*pe"zi*um\, n.; pl. E. Trapeziums, L.
Trapezia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a little table, an irregular
four-sided figure, dim. of ? a table, for ?; ? (see Tetra-)
+ ? foot, akin to ? foot; hence, originally, a table with
four feet. See Foot.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of
which no two are parallel.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.)
(a) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first
metacarpal, or thumb.
(b) 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
trapezium
n 1: a quadrilateral with no parallel sides [ant:
parallelogram]
2: a multiple star in the constellation of Orion
3: the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates
with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals [syn: trapezium,
trapezium bone, os trapezium]