Meaning & use

scalene

adjective·Academic

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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