Meaning & use
scalene
Describing a triangle in which all three sides and all three angles are of different measures.
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The teacher drew a scalene triangle on the board to contrast it with an equilateral one.
Because none of its sides matched, the shape was clearly a scalene triangle.
A note on using this word
Scalene is almost exclusively used to describe triangles, distinguishing them from isosceles (two equal sides) and equilateral (all equal) triangles.
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