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101skew — In statistics, departure from symmetry of a frequency distribution. * * * n. a disorder of relationships within a family, in which one parent is overpowering and the other is submissive and there is a general avoidance of anxiety provoking… …
102skew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. oblique, distorted. See obliquity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. twist, distort, pervert, shift, misrepresent, change, falsify, misconstrue, misstate, slant, bias, embellish. III (Roget s… …
103skew — see ESCHEW …
104skew — skjuË n. slope, angle, slant v. swerve, turn aside; slope, slant; view at an angle, look with a sideways glance adj. sloping, slanting; asymmetrical, uneven …
105skew — adjective 1》 neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew. 2》 Mathematics (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting. ↘(of a curve) not lying in a plane. 3》 Statistics (of a statistical distribution)… …
106skew — 1 verb (T) to affect a test or an attempt to get information in a way that makes the results incorrect: All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures. 2 adjective not straight …
107skew — v 1. turn aside, bend or move aside, deflect, shift, swerve, sheer, turn, veer, deviate, diverge, curve, bend, twist. 2. squint, look obliquely, look askance, glance side wise. 3. oblique, slant, slope, tilt, incline. 4. misrepresent, belie,… …
108skew — 1. The misalisgnment of a document or punched card in the feed tray or hopper that prohibits it from being scanned or read properly. 2. The difference in regularity between the received and transmitted page. 3. A change of timing or… …
109skew — see ESCHEW …
110skew curve — noun Date: circa 1889 a curve in three dimensional space that does not lie in a single plane …
