scalenum

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a scalene triangle, having three sides of unequal length

   The proof applies to an isosceles triangle as well as to a scalenum.

2. 2
   adj

   scalene; having unequal sides

   The treatise contrasts the scalenum figure with the equilateral triangle.

A learned Latinized form related to Late Latin scalenus and Ancient Greek skalenos, 'uneven or unequal.' Early English geometry used scalenum as a noun for a scalene triangle.

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