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Trapezium vs Rectangle - What's the difference?

trapezium | rectangle |

As nouns the difference between trapezium and rectangle

is that trapezium is (geometry|british) a four-sided polygon with two sides parallel; a trapezoid (modern sense) while rectangle is (geometry) a quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

trapezium

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (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.

    • 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.

    Related terms

    * trapeze * trapeziform * trapezius * trapezoid English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    rectangle

    English

    (wikipedia rectangle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

    • Synonyms

    * (quadrilateral) oblong (not in technical use)

    Hyponyms

    * (quadrilateral) square

    Related terms

    * rectangular * rectilinear * rectification * rectify

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