Trapezoid \Trap"e*zoid\, n. [Gr. ? trapezoid-shaped; ? table + ?
shape, likeness: cf. F. trap['e]zo["i]de. See Trapezium.]
1. (Geom.) A plane four-sided figure, having two sides
parallel to each other.
2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the second
metacarpal, or index finger.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |