Trapezium vs Fireplace - What's the difference?
trapezium | fireplace |
(geometry, British) A four-sided polygon with two sides parallel; a trapezoid (modern sense)
(geometry, US) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
(anatomy) The trapezium bone of the wrist.
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.
An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
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As nouns the difference between trapezium and fireplace
is that trapezium is (geometry|british) a four-sided polygon with two sides parallel; a trapezoid (modern sense) while fireplace is an open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.trapezium
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Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
* The terms (trapezium) and (trapezoid) have partially swapped meanings in the US and Canada as compared with the rest of the world.Synonyms
* (US) trapezoid * (British) irregular quadrilateral.fireplace
English
(wikipedia fireplace)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace , their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}