Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TRAPEZOID
trapezoid, trapezoid bone, os trapezoideum
(noun) the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones
trapezoid
(noun) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trapezoid (plural trapezoids)
(geometry, US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
(geometry, British, AU, NZ) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel and no equal sides.
(anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
Synonyms
• (geometry, convex quadrilateral with two non-adjacent parallel sides): (British) trapezium
• (geometry, convex quadrilateral with no parallel sides): irregular quadrilateral, (US) trapezium
Source: Wiktionary
Trap"e*zoid, n. Etym: [Gr. trapézoïde. See Trapezium.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to each other.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger.
Trap"e*zoid, a.
1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as, the trapezoid line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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