समलंब

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Sanskritic bahuvrīhi compound of सम (sam, same) +‎ लंब (lamb, perpendicular, altitude), since both altitudes from the base (one of the parallel sides) of a trapezium are of equal length.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səm.ləmb/, [sɐ̃m.lɐ̃mb]

Noun

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समलंब (samlambm

  1. (geometry) trapezium: quadrilateral with two sides parallel
  2. (anatomy) trapezoid bone

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