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SCALENE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to any of the scalene muscles
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
scalene muscle (any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a triangle having three sides of different lengths
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Pertainym:
scalene triangle (a triangle with no two sides of equal length)
