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trapezoids

trapezoids is the plural of trapezoid.

Meaning of trapezoid

Noun

trapezoid (plural trapezoids)

  1. (Canada, US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
    • There was a trapezoid of light on his shoulder, some bright fragment torn from a greater plane.2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 178
    Synonyms:
    trapezium
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.
    Synonyms:
    irregular quadrilateral, trapezium
  3. The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
  4. The marked trapezoidal area immediately behind the goal line and the goal itself within which the goaltender may touch the puck.

Phrases with trapezoids

Questions about trapezoids

What is trapezoids the plural of?
Trapezoids is the plural of trapezoid.

Words near trapezoids in the dictionary

  1. trapezoidal
  2. trapezoidal rule
  3. trapezoidal rules
  4. trapezoidally
  5. trapezoidiform
  6. trapezoids
  7. Trapezund
  8. Trapezuntine
  9. Trapezuntines
  10. Trapezus
  11. trapfall

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