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Comparisons of "trapezium" in both British and American English.

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