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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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Skewed
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
adjective
6.
having an oblique direction or position; slanting.
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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.
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Statistics. (of a distribution) having skewness.
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Example Sentences
- The animals were first given an unbalanced diet, skewed in favor of either lipids or protein.
- Consistent with the idea that greatness is rare, greatness scores are highly skewed to the right.
- People are irrational and foolish, public opinion is skewed and the results can have drastic effects.
Etymonline
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
EXPAND"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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