verb (used without object)
1.
to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
2.
to look obliquely; squint.
verb (used with object)
3.
to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely.
4.
Slang. to make conform to a specific concept, attitude, or planned result; slant: The television show is skewed to the young teenager.
5.
to distort; depict unfairly.
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adjective
6.
having an oblique direction or position; slanting.
7.
8.
Mathematics. (of a dyad or dyadic) equal to the negative of its conjugate.
9.
(of an arch, bridge, etc.) having the centerline of its opening forming an oblique angle with the direction in which its spanning structure is built.
10.
Statistics. (of a distribution) having skewness.
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skew (skjuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | placed in or turning into an oblique position or course |
| 2. | machinery having a component that is at an angle to the main axis of an assembly or is in some other way asymmetrical: a skew bevel gear |
| 3. | maths |
| a. composed of or being elements that are neither parallel nor intersecting as, for example, two lines not lying in the same plane in a three-dimensional space | |
| b. (of a curve) not lying in a plane | |
| 4. | (of a statistical distribution) not having equal probabilities above and below the mean; non-normal |
| 5. | distorted or biased |
| —n | |
| 6. | an oblique, slanting, or indirect course or position |
| 7. | psychol the system of relationships in a family in which one parent is extremely dominating while the other parent tends to be meekly compliant |
| —vb | |
| 8. | to take or cause to take an oblique course or direction |
| 9. | (intr) to look sideways; squint |
| 10. | (tr) to place at an angle |
| 11. | (tr) to distort or bias |
| [C14: from Old Norman French escuer to shun, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch schuwen to avoid] | |
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Word Origin & History
skew
c.1470, from O.N.Fr. eskiuer "shy away from, avoid," O.Fr. eschiver (see eschew). Meaning "depict unfairly" first recorded 1872, on notion of being slanted. Statistical sense dates from 1929. The adj. meaning "slanting, turned to one side" is recorded from 1609; noun meaning
"slant, deviation" first attested 1688.
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skew  (sky ) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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Example sentences
Or perhaps political instability, a perennial wild card, will resurface and skew the economics of the industry once again.
Convictions for terrorism financing skew the trend line upwards.
Her argument is constructed through hindsight, which tends to skew her conclusions.
Along the way subtle influences can skew the decision.
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