trapeze

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /tɹəˈpiːz/

Noun

trapeze (plural trapezes)

1. (archaic, geometry) A trapezium.
2. A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; — used by gymnasts.
3. (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.

Translations

• Russian: трапе́ция
• Spanish: trapecio

Verb

trapeze (trapezes, present participle trapezing; past and past participle trapezed)

1. To swing on a trapeze

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