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[[File:Trapezium-trapezoid-comparisons.png|thumb|Comparisons of "trapezium" in both British and American English.]] |
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'''Trapezium''', describing a geometric shape, |
'''Trapezium''', describing a geometric shape, hahas two contradictory meanings: |
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*Outside the US and Canada: a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides (known in the US as a [[trapezoid]]) |
*Outside the US and Canada: a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides (known in the US as a [[trapezoid]]) |
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*In the US and Canada: a [[quadrilateral]] with no parallel sides (known elsewhere as a general irregular quadrilateral) |
*In the US and Canada: a [[quadrilateral]] with no parallel sides (known elsewhere as a general irregular quadrilateral) |
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Revision as of 18:19, 24 February 2020
Trapezium, describing a geometric shape, hahas two contradictory meanings:
- Outside the US and Canada: a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides (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 can also mean:
- Trapezium (bone), a bone in the wrist
- Trapezium (astronomy), a group of stars in the Orion Nebula
- Trapezium (play), by Henry Rathvon
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