trapeze
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French trapèze, from Latin trapezium. Doublet of trapezium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trapeze (plural trapezes)
- (archaic, geometry) A trapezium.
- A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by gymnasts.
- (anatomy) The trapezium bone.
- 2013, World Health Organization, Manual of Diagnostic Ultrasound, volume 2, page 463:
- […] the distance between the top of the flexor retinaculum and an imaginary line drawn between the trapeze and the hamate.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
trapezium — see trapezium
swinging horizontal bar
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Verb[edit]
trapeze (third-person singular simple present trapezes, present participle trapezing, simple past and past participle trapezed)
- To swing on a trapeze.
Further reading[edit]
- Trapeze in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- Trapeze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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