different between equilateral vs scalene

English

Alternative forms

• æquilateral (archaic)

Etymology

equi- +? lateral

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æt???l

Adjective

equilateral (not comparable)

1. (geometry, of a polygon) Having all the sides equal.
2. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Having all the faces equal.
3. (zoology) Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form.
4. (zoology) Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers.

Translations

Noun

equilateral (plural equilaterals)

1. A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others.
2. A figure having all its sides equal.

English

Alternative forms

• scalenus (noun)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin scal?nus (“of unequal sides”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (skal?nós, “uneven, unequal”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ske?.li?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ske??lin/, /ske??lin/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Adjective

scalene (not comparable)

1. (trigonometry) Having sides unequal in length.

2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscle.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

scalene (plural scalenes)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of scalene muscle.
2. (trigonometry) Ellipsis of scalene triangle.

See also

• equilateral
• isosceles

References

• “scalene”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “scalenus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “scalene”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Senecal, canelés, cleanse, elances, enlaces, enscale

Italian

Adjective

scalene

1. feminine plural of scaleno

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ska?le?.ne/, [s?kä???e?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ska?le.ne/, [sk??l??n?]

Adjective

scal?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of scal?nus