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111skew distribution — noun Date: circa 1931 an unsymmetrical frequency distribution having the mode at a different value from the mean …
112skew lines — noun plural Date: 1952 straight lines that do not intersect and are not in the same plane …
113skew arch — an arch, as at the entrance to a tunnel, having sides, or jambs, that are not at right angles with the face. [1835 45] * * * …
114skew field — Math. a ring in which the equations ax = b and xa = b have solutions for x. * * * …
115skew lines — Geom. any lines in space that do not intersect and are not parallel. [1950 55] * * * …
116skew-symmetric — /skyooh si me trik/, adj. Math. noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose. * * * …
117skew-symmetric — adjective (Of a matrix) whose entries on one side of the diagonal are the additive inverses of their correspondents on the other side of the diagonal and the elements on the main diagonal are zero Syn: antisymmetric …
118skew deviation — a neurological condition of the eyes in which one eye turns down while the other turns up. It is seen in disorders of the cerebellum or brainstem. * * * downward and inward rotation of the eye on the side of the cerebellar lesion and upward and… …
119skew distribution — a frequency distribution that is asymmetric …
120skew pupils — a condition in which one of the ocular axes deviates upward and the other downward …
