Definition of the word trapezium

Pronunciation of vocabulary trapezium

trapeziumnoun
hình thang
/trəˈpiːziəm//trəˈpiːziəm/

Origin of the word trapezium

The word "trapezium" comes from the Greek word "τραπέζιον" (trapezion), which literally means "little table". This name was given to the geometric shape because it resembles a small table or a rectangular table without its parallel sides, with only two parallel sides of unequal length (a and b) and two non-parallel sides (c and d). The term "trapezium" is commonly used in mathematics, particularly in plane geometry, to refer to this quadrilateral shape.

Vocabulary summary trapezium

type noun, plural trapeziums, trapezia

meaning (math) trapezoid

Example of vocabulary trapeziumnamespace

a flat shape with four straight sides, one pair of opposite sides being parallel (= the same distance apart at every point) and the other pair not parallel

một hình phẳng có bốn cạnh thẳng, một cặp cạnh đối diện song song (= khoảng cách bằng nhau tại mọi điểm) và cặp cạnh còn lại không song song

a flat shape with four straight sides, none of which are parallel (= the same distance apart at every point)

một hình phẳng có bốn cạnh thẳng, không có cạnh nào song song (= khoảng cách bằng nhau tại mọi điểm)