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scalene


adjective

  1. Geometry.
    1. (of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.
    2. (of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
  2. Anatomy. of or relating to a scalenus muscle.

adjective

  1. maths (of a triangle) having all sides of unequal length
  2. 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)).

  1. Having three unequal sides, as a triangle that is neither equilateral nor isosceles.
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