Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Trapezium \Tra*pe"zi*um\, n.; pl. E. {Trapeziums}, L.
{Trapezia}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a little table, an irregular
four-sided figure, dim. of ? a table, for ?; ? (see {Tetra-})
+ ? foot, akin to ? foot; hence, originally, a table with
four feet. See {Foot}.]
1. (Geom.) 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.
Source : WordNet®
trapezium
n 1: a quadrilateral with no parallel sides [ant: {parallelogram}]
2: a multiple star in the constellation of Orion [syn: {the
Trapezium}]
3: the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that
articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals [syn: {trapezium
bone}, {os trapezium}]
[also: {trapezia} (pl)]
trapezia
See {trapezium}