1neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked:his hat looked slightly skewa skew angle
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) not symmetrical.
არსებითი სახელი
Universal
1an oblique angle; a slant.
2a bias towards one particular group or subject:the paper had a working-class skew
3 [mass noun] Statistics the state of not being symmetrical.
ზმნა
Universal
1 [no object, with adverbial] suddenly change direction or position:the car had skewed across the track
twist or turn or cause to do this:he skewed around in his saddle [with object]:his leg was skewed in and pushed against the other one
2 [with object] make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading:the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects
3 [with object] Statistics cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical:the distributions were skewed to the right
on the skew
neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew:the whole frame is on the skew
