tra‧pe‧zi‧um /trəˈpiːziəm/
noun [countable] technical[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Modern Latin;
Origin: Greek trapezion 'small table, trapezium', from trapeza 'table', from tra- 'four' + peza 'foot']
1. British English a shape with four sides, only two of which are parallel
2. American English a shape with four sides, none of which are parallel
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