skew

skew  (sky)

v. skewed, skew·ing, skews

v.intr.

1. To take an oblique course or direction.

2. To look obliquely or sideways.

v.tr.

1. To turn or place at an angle.

2. To give a bias to; distort.

adj.

1. Placed or turned to one side; asymmetrical.

2. Distorted or biased in meaning or effect.

3. Having a part that diverges, as in gearing.

4.

a. Mathematics Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space.

b. Statistics Not symmetrical about the mean. Used of distributions.

n.

An oblique or slanting movement, position, or direction.

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[Middle English skewen, to escape, run sideways, from Old North French eskiuer, of Germanic origin.]

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skewness n.

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skew

Adjective

having a slanting position

Noun

a slanting position

Verb

1. to take or cause to take a slanting position: our boat skewed off course

2. to distort or misrepresent: the takeover bid has skewed last month's figures [Old French escuer to shun]

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skew  (sky)

A transformation of coordinates in which one coordinate is displaced in one direction in proportion to its distance from a coordinate plane or axis. A rectangle, for example, that undergoes skew is transformed into a parallelogram. Also called shear.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	skew - turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed" reorient - set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; "Orient the house towards the South" align, aline, adjust, line up - place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
Adj.	1.	skew - having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew" skewed inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"

Translations

skew [skjuː] n (Brit);

on the skew → de travers, en biais

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skew [skjuː] adj → schief

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skew [skjuː] n (BRIT): on the skew → di traverso

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skew

adj skew [skjuː]

not straight or symmetrical. skeef مائِل кос šikmý skæv schief λοξός, ασύμμετρος torcido viltune كج vino de travers נָטוּי टेढ़ा kos, kriv ferde tidak lurus skáhallur, skakkur obliquo, storto 斜めの 비스듬한, 빗나간 kreivas, asimetriškas greizs; šķībs tidak lurus scheef skjev, usymmetrisk ukośny enviesado oblic косой; асимметричный šikmý poševen iskrivljen sned, skev เอียง eğri, eğik 歪斜的 косий; асиметричний اریبی ، ترچھا nghiêng, xiên, lệch 歪斜的

v

to make or be distorted, not straight. verskeef مُنْحَرِف изкривявам zkřivit (se) gøre skæv schief machen/sein λοξεύω torcer viltu pöörama, moonutatud olema كج رفتن vääristellä, vääristyä fausser; biaiser לְהָטוֹת टेढा़ या विकृत करना nakositi, naheriti ferdít; ferdévé tesz membengkok skekkja distorcere, travisare; (di traverso mettere) ゆがめる ...을 구부리다; 비뚤어지다 iškreipti, iškrypti sagriezt; sašķiebt; sagriezties; sašķiebties membengkok (doen) scheef zijn fordreie, gjøre/være skjev przekrzywiać, odchylać się enviesar a strâmba; a deforma искривлять(ся), перекашивать(ся) zošikmiť, vychýliť popačiti iskriviti göra (vara) sned (skev) ทำให้ไม่ตรง eğril(t)mek 扭曲 відхилятися; перекошувати(ся) آڑا کرنا یا ترچھا đi nghiêng, bóp méo 扭曲