scalene
['skeili:n]
a. 等, 倾, 斜

n. 等形, 斜

[医] 等形, 偏, 斜



scalene
[ adj ]

1. of a triangle having three sides of different lengths

<adj.pert>

2. of or relating to any of the scalene muscles

<adj.pert>

Scalene \Sca*lene"\, n. (Geom.)
A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.


Scalene \Sca*lene"\, a. [L. scalenus, Gr. ?: cf. F. scal[`e]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[ae] to the first and second ribs.