Hyphenation of scalene

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word scalene? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sca-lene

Definitions of scalene:

1.	Of a triangle having three sides of different lengths
2.	Of or relating to any of the scalene muscles

Synonyms of scalene:

adj	triangle, trigon, trilateral
adj	skeletal muscle, striated muscle

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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