But so many of its quirks -- its overwhelming RAC-ness-- feel like a mystery. Why is it shaped like a trapezoid? Why does it get so loud? Why does it look so uninspiring on the outside?

The list includes four tablets that refer to a trapezoid shape while discussing Jupiter, which had always been confusing. Although geometry was often used in Babylonian mathematics, historians ...

The trapezoidal shape of the footprint, which connects the southwest and northeast property corners, is meant to shield the mandatory off-street parking from the public. While doing this ...

That begs the questions of how to optimize such spaces, which videoconferencing technology to use, and of course, defining what exactly a trapezoid is (read: a shape with four sides, two of which ...

At Piaget, Sixtie’s trapezoid shape was first seen in 1969 in both wristwatches and sautoirs, the long, decorative necklaces that sometimes featured multiple watch pendants. The new Sixtie ...