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What is a trapezoid?

What is a trapezoid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geometry, US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
  2. (geometry, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel and no equal sides.
  3. (anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
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The masonry is so finely worked that a penknife blade cannot be fitted into the cracks, and windows or niches are trapezoid to counteract gravity in a quake.
During surgery, we observed partial or complete detachment of the trapezoid and deltoid muscles from the lateral clavicle in all patients.

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