单词 | scalenous |
释义 | scalenous, a. Now rare.|skəˈliːnəs| [f. L. scalēn-us + -ous.] = scalene A. 1 a, b.
1656Stanley Hist. Philos. v. xiii. (1687) 187/2 A Pyramid consisteth of four triangles,..each whereof is divided..into six scalenous triangles. 1710J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, A Cone is called Scalenous when one side of it is longer than the other. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Scalenum, A Cylinder, whose Axis is inclined, is..said to be Scalenous. 1767Ducarel Anglo-Norman Antiq. 5 The figure of this camp..approaches nearly to that which mathematicians call a Scalenous Triangle. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 108 A scalenous or oblique cone. |

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