trapeze

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See also: Trapeze and trapèze

English

Woman on a trapeze.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French trapèze, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin trapezium.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

trapeze (plural trapezes)

  1. (archaic, geometry) A trapezium.
  2. A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; — used by gymnasts.
  3. (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.

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Verb

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  1. To swing on a trapeze

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