trapeze
English
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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.
- 2013, World Health Organization, Manual of Diagnostic Ultrasound (volume 2, page 463)
Derived terms
Translations
trapezium — see trapezium
swinging horizontal bar
Verb
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- To swing on a trapeze