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- Dictionaryskew/skyo͞o/
adjective
- 1. neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked: "his hat looked slightly skew"
- 2. (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting.
noun
- 1. an oblique angle; a slant.
verb
- 1. suddenly change direction or position: "the car had skewed across the track"
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The meaning of SKEW is to take an oblique course. How to use skew in a sentence.
SKEW definition: 1. to cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort: 2. not straight 3. to…. Learn more.
To skew is to turn or place at an angle. When you build a house of cards, you must slightly angle, or skew each card, so structure will stand up.
SKEW meaning: 1. to cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort: 2. not straight 3. to…. Learn more.
Skew definition: to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely. See examples of SKEW used in a sentence.
verb. If something is skewed, it is changed or affected to some extent by a new or unusual factor, and so is not correct or normal. The arithmetic of nuclear running costs has been skewed by the fall in the cost of other fuels. [be VERB -ed] Today's election will skew the results in favor of the northern end of the county. [VERB noun]
Definition of skew verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Skew Definition. skyo͝o. skewed, skewing, skews. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Adjective. Noun. Filter. verb. skewed, skewing, skews. To make slanting or oblique; set at a slant. Webster's New World. To turn or place at an angle. Skew the cutting edge of a plane. American Heritage. To bias, distort, or pervert.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English skew /skjuː/ verb [ transitive] 1 if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects them, making them incorrect All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures. 2 to affect or influence someone’s ideas, actions, or judgment, especially in ...
May 10, 2022 · Revised on November 10, 2023. Skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of a distribution. A distribution is asymmetrical when its left and right side are not mirror images. A distribution can have right (or positive), left (or negative), or zero skewness. A right-skewed distribution is longer on the right side of its peak, and a left-skewed ...
