SCALENE


Meaning of SCALENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈskā-ˌlēn, skā-ˈ ]

adjective

Etymology: Late Latin scalenus, from Greek skalēnos, literally, uneven; perhaps akin to Greek skolios crooked, skelos leg — more at isosceles

Date: 1734

of a triangle : having the three sides of unequal length — see triangle illustration

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