TRAPEZIUM

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

2.
n.

A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.

3.
n.

A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.