English-Thai Dictionary

trapezium

N กระดูก ข้อมือ  kra-duk-kor-mue

 

trapezium

N สี่เหลี่ยมคางหมู  si-liam-kang-mu

 

trapezium

N สี่เหลี่ยมด้านไม่เท่า  se-liam-dan-mai-tao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRAPEZIUM

n.plu. trapezia or trapeziums. [L. from Gr. a little table. ] 1. In geometry, a plane figure contained under four unequal right lines, none of them parallel.
2. In anatomy, a bone of the carpus.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRAPEZIUM

Tra *pe "zi *um, n.; pl. E. Trapeziums, L. Trapezia. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. Tetra- ) + Foot. ]

 

1. (Geom.)

 

Defn: A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

 

2. (Anat. ) (a ) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. (b ) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Trapezium

Tra pe zi um |trəˈpēzēəm trəˈpiziəm | (the Trapezium ) Astronomy the multiple star Theta Orionis, which lies within the Great Nebula of Orion and illuminates it. Four stars are visible in a small telescope and two more with a larger telescope.

 

trapezium

tra pe zi um |trəˈpēzēəm trəˈpiziəm | ▶noun ( pl. trapezia |-zēə | or trapeziums ) 1 Geometry a type of quadrilateral. • a quadrilateral with no sides parallel. Compare with trapezoid. • Brit. a quadrilateral with one pair of sides parallel. 2 (also os trapezium ) Anatomy a bone in the wrist below the base of the thumb. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek trapezion, from trapeza ‘table. ’ The term has been used in anatomy since the mid 19th cent.

 

trapezium rule

tra ¦pez |ium rule ▶noun Mathematics a method of estimating the area under a curve by dividing it into a series of strips, each of which is approximately a trapezium.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Trapezium

Trapezium |trəˈpiːzɪəm | (the Trapezium ) Astronomy the multiple star Theta Orionis, which lies within the Great Nebula of Orion and illuminates it. Four stars are visible in a small telescope and two more with a larger telescope.

 

trapezium

trapezium |trəˈpiːzɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. trapezia |-zɪə | or trapeziums ) 1 Geometry, Brit. a quadrilateral with one pair of sides parallel. • N. Amer. a quadrilateral with no sides parallel. Compare with trapezoid. 2 (also os trapezium ) Anatomy a carpal bone below the base of the thumb. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek trapezion, from trapeza ‘table ’. The term has been used in anatomy since the mid 19th cent.

 

trapezium rule

tra ¦pez |ium rule ▶noun Mathematics a method of estimating the area under a curve by dividing it into a series of strips, each of which is approximately a trapezium.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

trapezium

tra pe zi um /trəpíːziəm /名詞 複 -zia /-ziə /, ～s C 〘数 〙｟米 ｠不等辺四辺形 ; ｟英 ｠台形 .