Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the form of trapezoid: as, the trapezoidal bone or ligament (in anatomy).
- In crystallography, having the surface composed of twenty-four trapeziums, allequal and similar.
Wiktionary
- adj. In the shape of a trapezoid, or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having the form of trapezoid; trapezoid.
- adj. (Min.) Trapezohedral.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. resembling a trapezoid
Examples
“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 five-story trapezoidal house was the home of Patricia and Francis Mason .”
“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.”
“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.”
“Yet, in 5 minutes, it explained to me what an isosceles trapezoidal arrangement is.”
“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.”
“He loped down into the shadows, plunging into a cool chamber with ornately carved walls, tiled floors, and trapezoidal stone tables arrayed across them.”
“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]
“One large trapezoidal loop of aluminum on each side would look much more polished and provide more stability than standard legs.”
“They can be trapezoidal and L-shaped, and work very nicely nonetheless.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘trapezoidal’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
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Your Mission: Find theTraps
List of words that contain the letter string *trap*. Some are obvious and apparent, such as trapezoid, while others are a bit less apparent, such as contrapuntist, ultraphysical, and intraperitoneal.
trapezoid, contrapuntist, wentletrap, allotetraploid, bootstrap, caltrap, unstrap, Trappist, ultraphysical, trapline, Trapt, autotetraploidy and 195 more...
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tranquill's Words
loquacious, unmitigated, trundle, ephemeral, vociferous, trapezoidal, liminal, obsequious, veracity, squash, onomatopoeia, oscillate and 267 more...
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denoting resemblance
factoid, rhomboid, asteroid, anthropoid, android, spheroid, trapezoid, trapezoidal
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haruspex, thaumaturg, ptarmigan, pomegranate, crepuscular, svengali, obloquy, eleemosynary, coruscate, trapezoidal, rhinoplasty, drab and 4 more...
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