Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, pertaining to the trapezius: as, trapezial fibers or action.
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- adjective In the form of a
trapezium - adjective Of or pertaining to the
trapezius muscle
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Examples
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In April last, a volunteer was discharging a rifle when it burst, and blew back the thumb with its metacarpal bone, so that it could be bent back as on a hinge at the trapezial joint, which had evidently been opened, while all the soft parts between the metacarpal bones of the thumb and forefinger were torn through.
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In April last, a volunteer was discharging a rifle when it burst, and blew back the thumb with its metacarpal bone, so that it could be bent back as on a hinge at the trapezial joint, which had evidently been opened, while all the soft parts between the metacarpal bones of the thumb and forefinger were torn through.
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In April last, a volunteer was discharging a rifle when it burst, and blew back the thumb with its metacarpal bone, so that it could be bent back as on a hinge at the trapezial joint, which had evidently been opened, while all the soft parts between the metacarpal bones of the thumb and forefinger were torn through.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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In April last, a volunteer was discharging a rifle when it burst, and blew back the thumb with its metacarpal bone, so that it could be bent back as on a hinge at the trapezial joint, which had evidently been opened, while all the soft parts between the metacarpal bones of the thumb and forefinger were torn through.
On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery. 1867 1909
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Each leaf is trapezial in shape, and their presence implies that the gallery's white columns are tree trunks supporting the highly stylised "foliage" overhead.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Richard Dorment 2011
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Each autumn leaf is vaguely trapezial in shape, which tells us that they have fallen from above.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Richard Dorment 2011
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There are some places your obsessive groomer just can't reach, and he is so averse to a fuzz-covered trapezial area that he just might enlist you for help in that department.
Gizmodo Kristen Philipkoski 2011
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