Scalene Triangle (Noun)
Meaning
A triangle with no two sides of equal length.
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The scalene triangle is the most general type of triangle, having three unequal sides and three unequal angles.
- Every triangle is either an equilateral triangle, an isosceles triangle, or a scalene triangle.
- A scalene triangle's side lengths and angle measures are all different from each other.
- The given triangle is scalene since its longest side is opposite the right angle, while the other two sides are of different lengths.
- In this scalene triangle, the sum of the interior angles is 180 degrees despite all angles being different.