scalene
scalene definition
sca·lene (skā′lēn′, skā lēn′)
adjective
- Anat. designating or of any of three deeply set muscles extending from the first two ribs to the cervical vertebrae, and serving to bend the neck
- Geom.
- having unequal sides and angles: said of a triangle
- having the axis not perpendicular to the base; oblique: said of a cone, etc.
Etymology: LL scalenus < Gr skalēnos, uneven, odd < IE base *(s)kel-, to bend, crooked > OE sceolh, squinting, L coluber, serpent
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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