SCALENE


Meaning of SCALENE in English

/skay leen"/ , adj.

1. Geom.

a. (of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base.

b. (of a triangle) having three unequal sides.

2. Anat. of or pertaining to a scalenus muscle.

[ 1635-45; scalenus skalenós unequal ]

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