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call04 | 11:48 Thu 28th Jul 2016 | Crosswords
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Help from a mathematician needed for 26A. Geometric 4-sided shape with no sides parallel (9) T?A?E?Z?O?D. Trapezoid fits but that is defined as having 2 sided parallel! A trapezium has no sides parallel but the required answer has to finish with a 'D' from WadebriDge for 14D. Any ideas?
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(geometry, US, four-sided polygon with no sides parallel and no equal sides): The terms trapezium and trapezoid have swapped meanings in the US and Canada as compared with the rest of the world. The British etc. usage is older; the American usage is traceable to the two entries having been accidentally exchanged in Charles Hutton's Mathematical and...
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In Chambers, trapezoid is defined as 'a quadrilateral with no sides parallel; one with two sides parallel.'
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trapezoid
ˈtrapɪzɔɪd,trəˈpiːzɔɪd/Submit
noun
1.
GEOMETRYBRITISH
a quadrilateral with no sides parallel.
(Called a trapezium in the UK. Both US and UK definitions of trapezium and trapezoid are swapped over.)
(geometry, US, four-sided polygon with no sides parallel and no equal sides): The terms trapezium and trapezoid have swapped meanings in the US and Canada as compared with the rest of the world. The British etc. usage is older; the American usage is traceable to the two entries having been accidentally exchanged in Charles Hutton's Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary of 1795.
the confusion is because it is termed differently in the USA compared to the UK
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/qr/t/trapezium.html
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Thanks to all for your ideas and sorry for the typo, it is (9)

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