scalene

See also: scalène

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin scalēnus, from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός (skalēnós, “uneven, unequal, scalene”).

Adjective

Example of a scalene triangle.

scalene (not comparable)

(geometry, of a triangle) Having each of its three sides of a different length.

Derived terms

scalene muscle
scalenectomy

Translations

sides of different lengths

Dutch: ongelijkzijdig
Finnish: erisivuinen
French: scalène (fr)
German: ungleichseitig
Italian: scaleno (it)

Polish: różnoboczny m
Portuguese: escaleno m
Russian: неравносторо́нний (ru) m (neravnostorónnij), разносторо́нний (ru) m (raznostorónnij)
Spanish: escaleno
Tagalog: tagibang

Noun

scalene (plural scalenes)

A scalene muscle.

See also

References

“scalene, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, April 2016.

Anagrams

Senecal, canelés, cleanse, elances, enlaces, enscale

Italian

Adjective

scalene

Feminine plural form of scaleno

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