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Definition of 'skew'English
Adjective
(-)
(mathematics) Neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).
Derived terms
* skew arch
* skew back
* skew bridge
* skew curve
* skew gearing, skew bevel gearing
* skew surface
* skew symmetrical determinant
Verb
( en-verb)
To change or alter in a particular direction.
- A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
To throw or hurl obliquely.
To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
* L'Estrange
- Child, you must walk straight, without skewing .
To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Related terms
* skewness
Noun
( en-noun)
(architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
Adverb
( en-adv)
Awry; obliquely; askew.
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