scalene
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- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of scalene
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Having sides all unequal in length.
“scalene triangle”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Having sides all unequal in length.
“scalene triangle”
- (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the scalene muscle.
noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of scalene muscle.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of scalene triangle.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin scalēnus (“of unequal sides”), from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός (skălēnós, “uneven, unequal”).
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- CASE 6 pts
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- CELS 6 pts
- CLAN 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
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- ALEE 4 pts
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- ELSE 4 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
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- NAES 4 pts
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- SEEL 4 pts
- SEEN 4 pts
- SENE 4 pts
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