scalenous, a. Now rare.
(skəˈliːnəs)
[f. L. scalēn-us + -ous.]
= scalene A. 1 a, b.
| 1656 Stanley Hist. Philos. v. xiii. (1687) 187/2 A Pyramid consisteth of four triangles,..each whereof is divided..into six scalenous triangles. 1710 J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, A Cone is called Scalenous when one side of it is longer than the other. 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Scalenum, A Cylinder, whose Axis is inclined, is..said to be Scalenous. 1767 Ducarel Anglo-Norman Antiq. 5 The figure of this camp..approaches nearly to that which mathematicians call a Scalenous Triangle. c 1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 108 A scalenous or oblique cone. |