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Trapezoid

In geometry, a trapezoid (/ˈtræpəzɔɪd/) in North American English, or trapezium (/trəˈpiːziəm/) in British English, is a quadrilateral that has at least one pair of parallel sides.

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Area
1 2 ( a + b ) h {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{2}}(a+b)h}
Edges and vertices
4
Properties
convex
Type
quadrilateral

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Trapezoid

Nodes108
Edges107
Triples169
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018519
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 66
Trapezoid → Alsina, America, Architecture, Archived, Burgiel, Chaim, Characterizations, Charles Austin, Claudi, Clayton, Company, Conway, Cornucopia, Courier Corporation, CRC Press, Critical Study, Curl, Definition, Desire, Dictionary
related to External links · 18
Trapezoid → Animated, Applications, Area, Dynamic Geometry Sketches, Encyclopedia, Eric, Eric Kalu, Explorations, MathematicsWeisstein, MathWorld, Median, North America, Numerical Methods, Right, Some Trapezoid, Stem UndergraduateAutar Kaw, Trapezium, Trapezoidal Rule
related to Further reading · 11
Trapezoid → Advances, Applications, Avi, Common, David, Fraivert, Journal, Mathematical Sciences, Moshe, Sigler, Stupel
is a · 10
Trapezoid → convex hull of an antiparallelogram, parallelogram, quadrilateral having exactly one pair of parallel sides, quadrilateral with two opposite sides, segment that joins the midpoints of the legs, symbol for a multiplexer, trapezoid that has an incircle, trapezoid where the base angles have the same measure, trapezoid with two adjacent acute angles on its longer base, trapezoid with two adjacent right angles
related to Etymology · 9
Trapezoid → AD, BC, Euclid, Euclid's Elements, Greek, In, Posidonius, Proclus, The Neoplatonist
related to Definitions · 8
Trapezoid → Euclid's Elements, In, Parallelograms, Professional, Quadrilateral, Taxonomy, This, Under
related to Diagonals · 8
Trapezoid → AC, AOB, AOD, BD, BOC, COD, If, The
has application · 7
Trapezoid → Delta, For, Graphically, In, Such, Video, When
related to Area · 6
Trapezoid → Aryabhata's Aryabhatiya, Bhāskara, India, Indian, The, This
related to Special cases · 5
Trapezoid → An, As, Every, The, This

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sides quadrilateral two parallel one angles geometry trapezoids area parallelogram trapezoidal bases legs convex displaystyle opposite lengths trapezium isosceles equal

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TrapezoidArea1 2 ( a + b ) h {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{2}}(a+b)h}1.00infobox
TrapezoidEdges and vertices41.00infobox
TrapezoidPropertiesconvex1.00infobox
TrapezoidTypequadrilateral1.00infobox
Trapezoidis aparallelogram0.90text
Trapezoidis aquadrilateral having exactly one pair of parallel sides0.90text
Trapezoidis atrapezoid where the base angles have the same measure0.90text
Trapezoidis atrapezoid with two adjacent acute angles on its longer base0.90text
Trapezoidis aconvex hull of an antiparallelogram0.90text
Trapezoidis atrapezoid with two adjacent right angles0.90text
Trapezoidis atrapezoid that has an incircle0.90text
Trapezoidis asegment that joins the midpoints of the legs0.90text
Trapezoidis asymbol for a multiplexer0.90text
Trapezoidis aquadrilateral with two opposite sides0.90text

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