adjective
- Geometry.
- (of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
- (of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
- Anatomy. of or relating to a scalenus muscle.
adjective
- maths (of a triangle) having all sides of unequal length
- anatomy of or relating to any of the scalenus muscles
adj.“having unequal sides,” 1680s, from Late Latin scalenus, from Greek skalenos “uneven, unequal, odd (numbered),” as a noun, “triangle with unequal sides,” from skallein “chop, hoe,” from PIE *(s)kel- (1) “to cut” (see scale (n.1)).
- Having three unequal sides, as a triangle that is neither equilateral nor isosceles.