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11skew — [skju:] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North French; Origin: escuer to avoid ] 1.) if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects the results, making them incorrect ▪ All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the… …
12skew — [ skju ] verb transitive 1. ) to affect facts or information so that they are not accurate: A researcher s mistake has skewed the results of the study. a ) to have a strong effect on someone s opinion, ideas, or judgment 2. ) to make something… …
13skew — (v.) late 15c., from O.N.Fr. eskiuer shy away from, avoid, O.Fr. eschiver (see ESCHEW (Cf. eschew)). Meaning depict unfairly first recorded 1872, on notion of being slanted. Statistical sense dates from 1929. The adj. meaning slanting, turned to… …
14skew — The misalignment or slant of a character, bar, line of characters, or barcode with respect to the bottom or top edge of the mailpiece …
15skew — [v] distort alter, bend, bias, change, color, contort, curve, doctor*, fake, falsify, fudge*, misrepresent, misshape, slant, throw off balance, twist, warp; concepts 63,137,232,250 …
16skew — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew. ► NOUN 1) an oblique angle; a slant. 2) a bias towards one particular group or subject. ► VERB 1) suddenly change direction or move at an angle. 2) make… …
17skew — [skyo͞o] vi. [ME skewen < NormFr eskiuer, altered < OFr eschiver: see ESCHEW] 1. to take a slanting or oblique course or direction; swerve or twist 2. to squint or glance sideways (at) vt. 1. to make slanting or oblique; set at a slant 2.… …
18skew|er — «SKYOO uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a long pin of wood or metal stuck through meat to hold it together while it is cooking. 2. something shaped or used like a long pin. –v.t. 1. to fasten with a skewer or skewers: »I…jammed the hat on my head and… …
19skew — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 oblique, slanting, set askew. 2 Math. a lying in three dimensions (skew curve). b (of lines) not coplanar. c (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical. n. 1 a slant. 2 Statistics skewness. v. 1 tr. make skew. 2 tr.… …
20Skew-T — SkewT * Températures à 45 degrés de la verticale * Pressions selon les lignes pleines horizontales * Adiabatiques sèches selon les lignes pleines courbes * Adiabatiques humides selon les lignes pointillées courbes * Rapports de mélange selon… …
