scalene
pronunciation
How to pronounce scalene in British English:
UK ['skeɪli:n]
How to pronounce scalene in American English:
US ['skeɪlin]
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- Adjective:
- of a triangle having three sides of different lengths
- of or relating to any of the scalene muscles
Word Origin
- scalene (adj.)
- "having unequal sides," 1680s, from Late Latin scalenus, from Greek skalenos "uneven, unequal, odd (numbered)," as a noun, "triangle with unequal sides," from skallein "chop, hoe," from PIE *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (see scale (n.1)).
Example
- 1. The resulting lattice was indeed a chiral pattern of scalene triangles .
- 2. This is made from identical scalene triangles a triangle with no sides of equal length .
- 3. Double origin of right vertebral artery and thyrocervical trunk pass through anterior scalene muscle .
- 4. Anatomical study of the relationship between anterior , middle scalene and the nerve roots of c3,4 .