trapeze

Etymology

From French trapèze, from Latin trapezium. Doublet of trapezium.

noun

  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.
    […] the distance between the top of the flexor retinaculum and an imaginary line drawn between the trapeze and the hamate. 2013, World Health Organization, Manual of Diagnostic Ultrasound, volume 2, page 463

verb

  1. To swing on a trapeze.

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