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plural trapezes
(archaic, geometry) A trapezium.
A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by gymnasts. examples
(anatomy) The trapezium bone. quotations examples
[…] 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
third-person singular simple present trapezes, present participle trapezing, simple past and past participle trapezed
To swing on a trapeze. examples