scalene : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scalene	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for scalene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scalene adj of a triangle having three sides of different lengths of or relating to any of the scalene muscles
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scalene \Scalene"\, a. [L. scalenus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. scal[8a]ne.] 1. (Geom.) (a) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle. (b) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. 2. (Anat.) (a) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene* muscles. (b) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. {Scalene muscles} (Anat.), a group of muscles, usually three on each side in man, extending from the cervical vertebr[91] to the first and second ribs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scalene \Sca*lene"\, n. (Geom.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.