Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRA-PE'ZI-UM
TRA-PE'ZI-UM, n. [plur. Trapezia or Trapeziums. L., from Gr. τραπεζιον, little table.]
- In geometry, a plane figure contained under four unequal right lines, none of them parallel. Cyc.
- In anatomy, a bone of the carpus.
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