Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of a trapezoid: as, the trapezoidal bone or ligament (in anatomy).
- In crystallography, having the surface composed of twenty-four trapeziums, allequal and similar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.
- adjective (Min.) Trapezohedral.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In the shape of a
trapezoid , or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a trapezoid
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Examples
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He loped down into the shadows, plunging into a cool chamber with ornately carved walls, tiled floors, and trapezoidal stone tables arrayed across them.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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La futura Biblioteca tindrà una planta trapezoidal i comptarà amb 7. 194m2 de superfÃcie total.
L’estudi Paredes/Pedrosa dissenyarà la nova Biblioteca Pública de Còrdova | [bauen] 2010
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There would also be twenty-two for a patch that was precisely trapezoidal, the reduction being scarely noticeable at such a short distance from its base.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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Gordon noticed, not for the first time, that the digits were actually composed of hexagonal and trapezoidal lozenges, and wondered with fresh irritation why they weren't simply rectangular.
The creation of Brown-man Gordon McCabe 2009
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Yet, in 5 minutes, it explained to me what an isosceles trapezoidal arrangement is.
À la carte, à la, Al 2009
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From the kitchen window, I could see a trapezoidal sliver of Mediterranean water, which was a different color every day, a giant mood ring for the city.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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The five-story trapezoidal house was the home of Patricia and Francis Mason .
At Bend in Road, a Garden Surprise Josh Barbanel 2011
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Its messenger was not a religious work of art, but a pagan one: the ancient bronze statue of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius 121–180 riding his horse, in the most noble silence and stillness, on a pedestal that rose from the center of a 12-pointed star, in the trapezoidal piazza Michelangelo designed for the Campidoglio.
The Forever City Robert Hughes 2011
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From the kitchen window, I could see a trapezoidal sliver of Mediterranean water, which was a different color every day, a giant mood ring for the city.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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There would also be twenty-two for a patch that was precisely trapezoidal, the reduction being scarely noticeable at such a short distance from its base.
Translated Texts 2010
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