Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Shaped like a trapezium.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the shape of a trapezium.
  • In zoology, trapezoidal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Shaped like a trapezoid.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapezion, "little table") + -form

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Examples

  • The famous Kaaba, which is in the middle of the great court-yard, looked at a distance like an enormous cube, covered with a black curtain, but its plan is really trapeziform.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

  • Basic body is a trapeziform case that accommodates all electrical construction elements.

    8. Lighting Fittings Frank Ponemunski 1991

  • The plug tap (2nd pass) has a short chamfer and trapeziform cutting edges which are deeper; it does approximately 30 % of the cutting work.

    3. Tools for internal threading (tapping) Frank Wenghfer 1990

  • The entering tap (1st pass) has a long chamfer and trapeziform cutting edges; it does approximately 60 % of the cutting work.

    3. Tools for internal threading (tapping) Frank Wenghfer 1990

  • Consequently, it has a long chamfer representing about 70 % of the total length of the cutting part; the cutting edges are initially trapeziform and become sharp only towards the end.

    3. Tools for internal threading (tapping) Frank Wenghfer 1990

  • These are shafts in the periphery of which trapeziform internal teeth (serration) are cut at regular intervals; the internal teeth have straight or rounded flanks.

    2. Kinds of Feather Keys and Profile Shafts Frank Wenghfer 1990

  • The famous Kaaba, which is in the middle of the great court-yard, looked at a distance like an enormous cube, covered with a black curtain, but its plan is really trapeziform.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

  • The famous Kaaba, which is in the middle of the great court-yard, looked at a distance like an enormous cube, covered with a black curtain, but its plan is really trapeziform.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897

  • Trapeziform sign direct parking (By default 'we ship this with trapeziform sign' if you don't need 'please contact us)

    VInvesting.com ixbay 2010

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