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单词 scalene
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scaleneadj.n.

Brit. /ˈskeɪliːn/, /skeɪˈliːn/, /skəˈliːn/, U.S. /ˈskeɪˌlin/, /ˌskeɪˈlin/
Etymology: < late Latin scalēnus: see scalenus n. Compare French scalène.
A. adj.
1. Geometry.
a. Of a triangle: Having three unequal sides.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > triangular > having three unequal sides
scalenous1656
scalene1734
1734 Builder's Dict. (at cited word) A scalene Triangle, scalenum Triangle.
1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. xv. 377 The Genus, Triangle, being divided into equilateral, equicrural, and scalene.
1801 J. L. de Bournon in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 183 The crystal is often seen placed upon one of its scalene triangular sides.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 271 With one round and two scalene triangular beds, containing..an unlimited number of marigolds.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters v. 87 The sail itself..formed a scalene triangle.
b. scalene cone, scalene cylinder: one of which the axis is not perpendicular to the base.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > three-dimensional > cone
cone1570
pyramid1603
scalene cone1684
the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > conical quality > cone > type of
scalene cone1684
1684 J. Wallis Def. Treat. Angle of Contact i. 73 in Treat. Algebra (1685) The Scalene Cone and Cylinder.
1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. II. 21 The sub~contrary section of a scalene cone is a circle.
c. scalene cell n. see quot. 1875.
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1875 A. Cayley in Q. Jrnl. Pure & Appl. Math. 13 321 The scalene cell is..a system of 3 pairs of equal rods PA, QA; PB, QB; PC, QC jointed together at and capable of rotating about the points P, Q, A, B, C; the three lengths PA, PB, PC..being all of them unequal.
2. Anatomy. scalene muscle = scalenus n. scalene tubercle, an elevation on the upper edge of the first rib, from which the scalenus anticus muscle originates.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of neck
gullet-lurker1615
monkshood1615
rhomboides1615
platysma1684
scalenus1704
trapezius muscle1704
trigeminus1706
rhomboid muscle1732
splenius1732
rhomboideus1754
omohyoideus1793
rhomboid1801
sternocleidomastoid1807
scalene muscle1827
complexus1828
omohyoid1846
omothyroid1890
traps1956
scalene1978
1827 J. Abernethy Surg. Wks. I. 133 The outer margin of the scalene muscles.
1934 Romanis & Mitchiner Sci. & Practice Surg. (ed. 5) II. xi. 449 To produce further collapse of the apex, the operation of phrenic avulsion may be supplemented by a section of the scalene muscles. This is easily done through the same incision (scalenotomy).
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 600 The scalene muscles, in particular the Scalenus medius, are important accessory muscles of inspiration.
B. n.
1. A scalene triangle. rare.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > triangle > with equal or unequal sides
nonelike1551
scalenon1570
scalenum1570
scalene1642
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F8v But if 't consist of points: then a Scalene I'll prove all one with an Isosceles.
2. Anatomy. = scalenus n.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of neck
gullet-lurker1615
monkshood1615
rhomboides1615
platysma1684
scalenus1704
trapezius muscle1704
trigeminus1706
rhomboid muscle1732
splenius1732
rhomboideus1754
omohyoideus1793
rhomboid1801
sternocleidomastoid1807
scalene muscle1827
complexus1828
omohyoid1846
omothyroid1890
traps1956
scalene1978
1891 in Cent. Dict.
1978 J. E. Bateman Shoulder & Neck (ed. 2) xv. 633/1 In some instances..the involvement of the paraspinal muscles, and the scalenes in particular, is prominent. Considerable relief..may be obtained by simple scalenotomy.
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