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scalenous

scalenous is the obsolete form of scalene.

Meaning of scalene

Adjective

scalene (not comparable)

  1. Having sides all unequal in length.
    • scalene triangle
  2. Of or pertaining to the scalene muscle.

Questions about scalenous

What is scalenous the obsolete form of?
Scalenous is the obsolete form of scalene.

Words near scalenous in the dictionary

  1. scalenohedron
  2. scalenohedrons
  3. scalenon
  4. scalenotomies
  5. scalenotomy
  6. scalenous
  7. scalenum
  8. scalenus
  9. scaleogram
  10. scaleograms
  11. scaleout

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scalenous (page history and authors); scalene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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