Scalene

['skeɪliːn] or [ske'lin]

Definition

(adj.) of or relating to any of the scalene muscles .

(adj.) of a triangle having three sides of different lengths .

Typed by Darla--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle.

(a.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.

(a.) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles.

(n.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.

Checker: Sylvia

Definition

adj. (geom.) having three unequal sides; (anat.) obliquely situated and unequal-sided.—n. a scalene triangle: one of several triangular muscles.—ns. Scālenohē′dron a pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system enclosed by twelve faces each a scalene triangle; Scālē′num a scalene triangle; Scālē′nus a scalene muscle.

Typist: Osborn