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Scalene   Listen
adjective
Scalene  adj.  
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 vertebrae to the first and second ribs.





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"Scalene" Quotes from Famous Books



... changed. The dramatis persona in their relative positions first formed an isosceles triangle, then a scalene, afterwards a right line. Now all were moving in a circle, or rather in three circles concentric to one another; the sailor, with his charge, revolving round the centre, Snowball in mid radius, while the shark, flanked by his satellites, ...
— The Ocean Waifs - A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea • Mayne Reid


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