skew
IPA: skjˈu
noun
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
- (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
- (architecture, obsolete) One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.
verb
- (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
- (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
adjective
- (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
adverb
- (rare) Askew, obliquely; awry.
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Examples of "skew" in Sentences
- The decision seems to skew the article.
- This skews the articled from the start.
- So the answer depends upon the amount of skew.
- The new edits clearly skew the bias of the article.
- The idea was to skew toward the sentimental, not the tawdry.
- Instead you all attempt to skew the introduction of the subject.
- Is the computer graphics skew rectangle the same as the Photoshop one
- Both the language and the references are skewed to vilify the subjects.
- Is it unfair to skew the case for a life of suburban domesticity this way
- Meanwhile, their pollsters skew the polls to suit their clients' politics.
- I'm not convinced the gender skew is a result of a Hugo gender bias though.
- Fortunately, Americans pretty much now what’s going on, and the blatant skew is hurting media subscriptions.
- The real question about the ED skew is whether the prospects for any given student differ depending on when he or she applies.
- But collections of disjointed, if linked, stories are far less common, and this year’s Pulitzer skew is one of the oddest I’ve seen.
- "The near-term skew of risks remains bearishly postured for Treasurys after yesterday's sell-off," said strategists at RBS Securities.
- Another options pricing measure, known as "skew," could be attracting options traders to strategies that involve selling pricey put contracts.
- That you’d even think to mention the “filthy lucre” aspect shows how significant the skew is – people would criticize the guy for making money from his site.
- The relative premium investors must pay for protective options, known as "skew," has been steadily rising, meaning the already-hedged have little incentive to reach for insurance absent an unforeseen market drop, he said.