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)

(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

Translations

trapezium — see trapezium

swinging horizontal bar

Armenian: ճոճաձող (hy) (čočajoġ)
Catalan: trapezi (ca) m
Galician: trapecio (gl) m
Hungarian: trapéz (hu)
Ido: trapezo (io)
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Japanese: 空中ブランコ (kūchūburanko)
Macedonian: трапез m (trapez)
Russian: трапе́ция (ru) f (trapécija)
Spanish: trapecio (es) m

Verb

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To swing on a trapeze

Further reading

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