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Saga August 2016 Thursday July 28Th 2016
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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...
11:55 Thu 28th Jul 2016
contradictory definitions here but the first one fits the given clue
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British or American definition?
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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 Philosophical Dictionary of 1795.
the confusion is because it is termed differently in the USA compared to the UK
http:// www.ama thsdict ionaryf orkids. com/qr/ t/trape zium.ht ml
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