skew

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. 1. Mathematics. Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space.
   2. Statistics. Not symmetrical about the mean. Used of distributions.

n.
An oblique or slanting movement, position, or direction.

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

skewness skew'ness n.

(1) The misalignment of a document or punch card in the feed tray or hopper that prohibits it from being scanned or read properly.

(2) In facsimile, the difference in rectangularity between the received and transmitted page.

(3) In communications, a change of timing or phases in a transmission signal.

(4) See cylinder skew and head skew.

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1. To introduce bias into a research situation leading to false results. For example, an interviewer who nods or smiles when a positive response is given to a question about a product will encourage the respondent to respond favorably on other questions.

2. Printed information that is out of alignment with the target area of the paper or envelope. On a direct mail piece, a skewed address may not show through the envelope window.

skid see pallet.

verb

1. To turn aside sharply from a straight course: chop², cut, sheer¹, slue¹, swerve, veer. Nautical yaw. See change/persist.
2. To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group: bias, slant. Informal angle². See straight/bent.

A kneeler, 1.

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In statistics, a measure of dispersion which estimates how far a set of values varies from the symmetry of a normal distribution curve. A deviation to the right of the curve indicates a negative skew value, deviation to the left indicates a positive value.

Curve of a usually unimodal distribution with one tail drawn out more than the other and the median will lie above or below the mean.

IN BRIEF: To twist or slant.

The speaker tried to skew the opinions of the audience by saying only positive things about the plan.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skæv, skrå
n. - skævhed
v. intr. - være skrå, være skæv
v. tr. - gøre skrå, gøre skæv

Nederlands (Dutch)
helling, schuin, hellen, uitwijken

Français (French)
adj. - de travers
n. - travers
v. intr. - obliquer
v. tr. - fausser, déformer, incliner, faire obliquer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Asymmetrie
adj. - schräg, schief
v. - abschrägen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κλίση, (στατιστική) ασυμμετρία, (καθομ.) ζώνη αλλοιωμένης εικόνας στην κορυφή τηλεοπτικής οθόνης
adj. - επικλινής, σκεβρός, λοξός, στραβός
v. - λοξοδρομώ, λοξεύω, παραμορφώνω, στρεβλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
inclinazione, obliquo, sviare, guardar male

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inclinação (m), desvio (m)
adj. - oblíquo, inclinado
v. - inclinar-se

Русский (Russian)
наклон, отклонение от прямой линии, заблуждение, косой, ассиметричный, косо, наискось, уклоняться, сворачивать в сторону, перекашивать, смотреть искоса, извращать

Español (Spanish)
adj. - oblicuo, sesgado, asimétrico, inclinado, de través
n. - oblicuidad, esviaje, curso, dirección o posición oblicuos, mirada de soslayo, mirada bizca
v. intr. - tomar una dirección oblicua, torcer, volverse a un lado, mirar de soslayo, bizcar
v. tr. - sesgar, tergiversar, desvirtuar, torcer, poner de través

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skelning, snedställning, snedhet, skevhet
adj. - sned, skev
v. - skela, vara vindögd, snedställa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
斜的, 偏的, 歪的, 歪曲的, 曲解的, 歪斜, 倾斜, 偏斜, 斜视, 侧转, 使偏斜, 使歪斜, 使有偏见, 歪曲

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 斜的, 偏的, 歪的, 歪曲的, 曲解的
n. - 歪斜, 傾斜
v. intr. - 偏斜, 歪斜, 斜視, 側轉
v. tr. - 使偏斜, 使歪斜, 使有偏見, 歪曲

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 비스듬한, (교량 등이) 비스듬히 걸쳐진, (분포 따위가) 비대칭의
n. - 휨, 날이 비스듬한 끌, 곁눈질
v. intr. - 굽다, 곁눈질하다, 빗나가다
v. tr. - 비스듬하게 자르다, 휘다, 왜곡하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 斜めの, 歪んだ, 曲がった, 非対称の
n. - 斜めの動き, 歪み, 踏止石
v. - 斜めにする, ゆがめる, 曲がる, 外れる, 横目で見る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألعقد ألمائل, أنحراف أو ميل (صفه) منحرف, مائل (فعل) ينحرف, يميل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נוטה לצד, מלוכסן, עקום‬
n. - ‮ליכסון, שיבוש, הצטלבות‬
v. intr. - ‮נע באלכסון, התעקם‬
v. tr. - ‮היטה הצדה, לכסן, פזל‬

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