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Trapezium, plural trapezia, may refer to:

Trapezium, in British and other forms of English, a trapezoid, a quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides
Trapezium, in North American English, an irregular quadrilateral with no sides parallel
Trapezium (bone), a bone in the hand
Trapezium Cluster, a group of stars in the Orion Nebula
Trapezia (genus), guard crabs
Trapezium (novel), a Japanese novel by Kazumi Takayama

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+{{wikt|trapezium|trapezia}}
 [[File:Trapezium-trapezoid-comparisons.png|thumb|Comparisons of "trapezium" in both British and American English.]]
-'''Trapezium''', describing a geometric shape, has two contradictory meanings:
+'''Trapezium''', plural '''trapezia''', may refer to:
-*Outside the US and Canada: a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sidesssssssssss (known in the US as a [[trapezoid]])
-*In the US and Canada: a [[quadrilateral]] with no parallel sides (known elsewhere as a general irregular quadrilateral)
+* Trapezium, in British and other forms of English, a [[trapezoid]], a quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides
-'''Trapezium''' can also mean:
+* Trapezium, in North American English, an irregular [[quadrilateral]] with no sides parallel
-*[[trapezuim gin, a alcoholic beverage.
-*[[Trapezium (bone)]], a bone in the wrist.
+* [[Trapezium (bone)]], a bone in the hand
-*[[Trapezium (astronomy)]], a group of stars in the Orion Nebula
+* [[Trapezium Cluster]], a group of stars in the Orion Nebula
-*[[Trapezium (play)|''Trapezium'' (play)]], by [[Henry Rathvon]]
+* [[Trapezia (genus)|''Trapezia'' (genus)]], guard crabs
+* [[Trapezium (novel)|''Trapezium'' (novel)]], a Japanese novel by Kazumi Takayama
+==See also==
+*[[Trapezius]], a muscle
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