Category:Scalene

Sca*lene", a. Etym: [l. scalenus, gr. scalène.]

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 vertebræ to the first and second ribs.

Scalene Sca*lene", n. (geom.)

Defn: a triangle having its sides and angles unequal.