scalene
/ˈskeɪliːn
/adjective
(Of a triangle) having sides unequal in length.The most interesting results show, with a very ingenious proof, that an equilateral triangle has a greater area than any isosceles or scalene triangle with the same perimeter....
- The dialogue elaborates an account of the world wherein the four different basic kinds of matter - earth, air, fire, and water - are regular solids composed from plane figures: isosceles and scalene right-angled triangles.
noun
1 (also scalene muscle) Anatomy another term for scalenus.Typically the anterior scalene arises from the fourth, fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae (anterior tubercles), occasionally from the third, and rarely from the seventh....
- It may perforate the middle and posterior scalene muscles; these two muscles usually form a common mass.
- Single motor unit activity in the diaphragm and scalenes was recorded with monopolar electrodes, using methods reported previously.
2A scalene triangle.
Origin
Mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek skalēnos 'unequal'; related to skolios 'bent'.