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Definition: Skew |
SkewAdjective1. Having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew". Verb1. Turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skew" was first used: sometime around 1470. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | The angular deviation from a specified reference of a row of recorded binary characters. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The misalignment of bits on magnetic tape with respect to a line perpendicular to the edge of the tape. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| An indent that increases progressively by equal increments with each successive line(until cancelled). Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | Any out-of-squareness of the cut end of a piece of tubing after shrinking. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A cloth condition in which the warp and weft yarns, although straight, are not at right angles to each other. The effect is due to the cloth's structure and is not a distortion imposed during processes subsequent to weaving. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An irregular discontinuous vein striking out from the principal vein in an uncertain direction, lying in a slanting and irregular position.b. The angled support from which an arch is sprung. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A defect in reproduction in which lines that should be at right-angles to the scanning direction are inclined to it, owing to a difference between the scanning speeds at transmission and reception. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | SKEW. A cup, or beggar's wooden dish. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Statistics | A relative measure of the asymmetry of a frequency distribution as compared to the normal distribution. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In telecommunication, the term skew has the following meanings:1. In parallel transmission, the difference in arrival time of bits transmitted at the same time.
2. For data recorded on multichannel magnetic tape, the difference between reading times of bits recorded in a single transverse line.
Note: Skew is usually interpreted to mean the difference in reading times between bits recorded on the tracks at the extremities, i.e., edges, of the tape.
3. In facsimile systems, the angular deviation of the received frame from rectangularity caused by asynchronism between the scanner and the recorder.
Note: Skew is expressed numerically as the tangent of the deviation angle.
4. In facsimile, the angle between the scanning line, or recording line, and the perpendicular to the paper path.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
- Example of +1 degree (counter-clockwise) skew in a facsimile image. The red line is perfectly horizontal.
For the meaning of skew in statistics, see Skewness.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skew."
Synonym: SkewSynonym: skewed (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: align (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Skew |
| English words defined with "skew": Imperfect arch ♦ Line of striction ♦ Oblique bridge ♦ Skew surface, Skew symmetrical determinant, Skewing, Skue, Springer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skew": die-casting machine operator ♦ flow function ♦ Geary's ratio ♦ ROTOR CASTING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ type IV distribution, type VI distribution. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "skew": Askew. (references) |
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Screenplays | One of the cross beams has gone out of skew on the treadle (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman) | |
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| "Skew" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.71% of the time. "Skew" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 65.71% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 28.57% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.86% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.86% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 35 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "skew": line skew ♦ on the skew ♦ skew arch ♦ skew axis gears ♦ skew back ♦ skew bevel gearing ♦ skew bridge ♦ skew conception ♦ skew correlation ♦ skew curve ♦ skew eyed ♦ skew gearing ♦ skew indent ♦ skew pantograph ♦ skew regression ♦ skew surface ♦ skew symmetrical determinant ♦ skew type gears. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "skew": skew-arch, skew-axes, skew-axis, skew-back, skew-eyed, skew-hermitian, skew-knotted, skew-nailing, skew-symmetric, skew-whiff, skew-wiff. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
skew | 21 |
skew t | 9 |
line skew | 7 |
flagstaff skew t | 6 |
diagram log p skew t | 4 |
daily skew | 4 |
siskin skew | 3 |
algo skew | 3 |
volatility skew | 3 |
quadrupole skew | 3 |
foot skew | 2 |
driver skew | 2 |
bevel gears skew | 2 |
algo document image skew | 2 |
angle skew | 2 |
clock skew | 2 |
bridge skew steel | 2 |
bridge skew steel truss | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "skew"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtrembëroj (bevel, contort, deface, deform, deprave, distort, falsify, mutilate, slant, sophisticate, travesty, warp), rri skiç, rri shtrembër (slouch), pjerrem (fall, slant, slope, tilt), pjerrësoj (skive), pjerr (incline, tilt), i shtrembër (awry, bandy, crooked, lopsided, misshapen), i pjerrët (arduous, bevel, declivitous, declivous, high pitched, hilly, inclined, leaning, oblique, reclinate, sideling, slant, slanting, slantwise, sloping), i anuar (leaning, lopsided, splay), asimetrik (asymmetric, dissymmetrical). (various references) | |
Arabic | منحرف (askew, aslant, awry, bent, deflector, depraved, devious, errant, inclined, oblique, perverse, slant, slanted, slanting, tilted), مال (assets, be inclined, bend, bent, cant, capital, chattel, coins, estate, feel sympathy for, funds, gold, incline, lean, like, pelf, possessions, property, purse, shekels, slant, slope, sympathize with, tilt, tip), مائل (atilt, awry, bent, bevel, bias, cock eyed, diagonal, inclined, oblique, sidelong, slant, slanted, slantwise, slope, sloping, stooping, thwart, titled), نظر شزرا (leer, squint), إنحرف (astrict, deflect, depart, deviate, deviate from, diverge, divert, drift, incline, jibe, jump, nose, pervert, sidetrack, slew, slue, squint, stray, swerve, swing, turn, veer), شوه (assassinate, blemish, color, colour, deface, defile, deform, denigrate, distort, falsify, garble, harm, maim, mangle, mar, misrepresent, mutilate, pervert, queer, slant, slur, spoil, tinker, torment, torture, twist, warp, wrench), شوص. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слагам косо, кос (bevel, blackbird, oblique, ousel, ouzel, sidelong, sideward, sideways, slantways, slantwise, splay, thwart, transversal, transverse), веревен, несиметричен (asymmetric, dissymmetrical, irregular, lop-sided, oblique), наклонен (downhill, hanging, inclined, intent, low-grade, oblique, one sided, prone, rampant, ready, scalene, slant, slantindicular, slanting, sloped, sloping, splay, supine), наклон (batter, bevel, bias, declension, declivity, dip, fall, grade, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, inflection, inflexion, lean, leaning, low-grade, rake, ramp, rise, slant, slope, throw, tilt, versant), поставям косо, изрязвам косо, изкривявам (contort, curve, distort, tilt, twist), изкривен (awry, cockeyed, crooked, curved, hooked, lop-sided, squinting, tortuous, wry). (various references) | |
Chinese | 反称性 (skewness). (various references) | |
Czech | zkreslit (color, colour, deface, distort, manipulate, misrepresent), překroutit (distort, falsify, garble, misinterpret, misrepresent, pervert, twist, wrench), šikmý (oblique, slant, slanting, sloping). (various references) | |
Danish | skrå indrykning (skew indent), skrå (bevel, diagonal, inclined, oblique), skaevhed, skævhed (bulging, distortion, skewness, warpage, warping, wedging), skæv (bevel, blocked, coating, high, oblique, turned on), haeldning (angle of inclination, batter, declivity of hill, grade, gradient, gradient of slope, inclination, slope, tilt). (various references) | |
Dutch | slingeren (brandish, fling, meander, oscillate, roll, sway, swing, twist, wave, wave about, wind around), schuine stand (tilt), schuine inspring (skew indent), schuin (oblique, obscene, slanting, sloping), scheefheid (spirality), scheef (oblique, slanting), ongelijkheid (disparity, inequality, skewness), lineair toenemend inspringcommando (skew indent), asymmetrie (asymmetry, skewness). (various references) | |
Farsi | منحرف (Aberrant, Amiss, Astray, Awry, Deviant, Devious, Hellbent, Lost, Oblique, Perverse, Pervert), نامتوازن , کجی (Clubfoot, Crook, Curvature, Hade, List, Obliquity, Slant, Slope, Tilt), کج یااریب گذاردن , کج نگاه کردن , کج حرکت کردن , تحریف کردن (Agonize, Distort, Garble, Slant), انحراف (Corruption, Deflexion, Departure, Detour, Deviance, Digression, Inclination, Invert, Leeway, Offset, Perversion, Refraction, Slope, Veer, Yaw), اریبی (Aslant, Virgule). (various references) | |
Finnish | vinous (bias, distortion, obliqueness, obliquity), vino (disorted, inclined, oblique, slanting), viistous (obliqueness, slant), viisto (oblique, slanting), kierous (crookedness, distortion), epäsymmetrisyys. (various references) | |
French | lacet, désalignement (skew indent), dévier, de travers, dissymétrie (skewness), effet d'obliquité, en biais, biais, inclinaison (character skew), penché, loucher, mal posé, oblique, obliquer, obliquité, obliquité transversale, fausser. (various references) | |
German | schief (askance, aslant, awry, cockeyed, crooked, distorted, inappropriate, inclinated, leaning, lopsided, not straight, oblique, scalene, slanting, sloping, sloppily, squint eyed, tilted, worn-down, wry), Schräglauf, Schiefe (asymmetry, crookedness, inclination, lopsidedly, lopsidedness, obliqueness, obliquity, tilt), Bitversatz (skew indent). (various references) | |
Greek | λοξότητα (obliquity, slant). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מלוכסן (oblique), לסלף (distort, falsify, garble, misrepresent, parody, pervert, twist, wrench, wrest), לסטות "צ"", וט" לצ". (various references) | |
Hungarian | rézsútos (beveled, bevelled, inclined, oblique, thwart, transverse), ferdeség (cant, leaning, obliquity, skewness, slant, twist, wryness). (various references) | |
Italian | storto (angled, askew, awry, bandy, crooked, dippy, skews, wry, wryly). (various references) | |
Korean | '틀림. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ewskay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | torcido (bent, cambered, convolute, convoluted, cranky, crooked, drawn, strained, tortile, warped, winding, wry), obliquidade (incline, lay, slant), oblíquo (aslant, aslope, asquint, awry, canted, sideling, sidelong, slanting, sloping, wry), fora de esquadro, enviesado (canted, oblique, slanting), efeitos de obliquidade, dissimetria (dissymmetry), desvio angular (bending), desalinhamento (misalignment, skew indent). (various references) | |
Romanian | oblic (aslant, asquint, athwart, bias, diagonal, inclined, oblique, obliquely, sidelong, slanting, sloping, splay, squint, transverse). (various references) | |
Russian | сворачивать в сторону, смотреть искоса (squint), смещенный (offset), смещать (depose, dislocate, displace, supersede, translocate, unseat), сдвигать (dislocate, shift), сдвинутый (moved), располагать наискось, тангенциальный (tangential), косой (bevel, cock eyed, cock-eye, cross-eyed, leer, oblique, sidelong, slantindicular, slanting, slantingdicular, splay, squinteyed, squint-eyed, thwart, walleyed), перекашивать рассогласование, искажать (contort, defeature, deprave, distort, distort with, falsify, garble, misrepresent, misstate, mutilate, pervert, strain, vitiate). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mimoilazni, kosina (bevel, descent, slant, slope), kos (awry, bevel, lop-sided, oblique, ousel, ouzel, slant, slantindicular, slanting, slantwise, sloping, traverse), iskositi (mow, tilt), ići koso. (various references) | |
Spanish | oblicuidad (obliqueness, obliquity, skewness). (various references) | |
Swedish | sned (askew, cock eyed, cockeyed, crooked, lop-sided, oblique, sidelong, slanting, wry), skev (askew, lop-sided, oblique, warped, wry). (various references) | |
Thai | เอียง (descend, dip, heel, slantwise, tilt), ไม่ตรง (circular), บิ"เบือน (slant), ทำให้ไม่ตรง, ตำแหน่งเฉียง. (various references) | |
Turkish | yamukluk (unevenness, warp), yamuk (irregular, skewed, trapezium, trapezoid, warped), meyilli (aslant, aslope, bias, declivitous, downhill, inclinable, inclined, leaning, oblique, on the slope, prone, slant, slanting, slantwise, sloping, subject to, tilting), eğriltmek, eğrilik (camber, cast, crookedness, curvature, deviousness, obliqueness, slant, tortuosity, unevenness, warp, wryness), eğri yapmak, eğri büğrü (crooked, gnarled, scratchy, screwed, tortuous, twisted, uneven), eğri (aslant, aslope, awry, bent, cambered, cockeyed, crooked, curve, graph, oblique, out of the straight, sinuous, skewed, slanting, sloping, slouching, slouchy, tortuous, trajectory, untrue, warped, wry), eğiklik (inclination, obliqueness, rake, slant), asimetrik (asymmetric, asymmetrical, dissymmetrical), asimetri (asymmetry, dissymmetry), üçgen çatı kenarı, çarpıtmak (angle, color, colour, contort, distort, garble, make awry, make crooked, pervert, slant, strain, torture, twist, warp, wrench, wrest, wring), çarpıklık (cast, crookedness, distortion, irregularity, obliqueness, perversion, tortuosity, warp, wryness), çarpık (agley, askew, awry, cockeyed, crooked, curved, irregular, paralysed, warped, wry). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | схил (bevel, chute, declension, decline, declivity, descent, down grade, fall, grade, incidence, lean, pitch, shelving, side, slant), косий (askew, awry, bevel, boss-eyed, cock eyed, cockeyed, cross-eyed, diagonal, oblique, sidelong, sideway, sideways, sidewise, slant, slanting, splay), відхилятися (bear off, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, lapse, run off, stray, swerve, trend, turn, turn aside), відхилення від прямої лінії (obliqueness, obliquity), зиркати скоса, асиметричний (asymmetric, asymmetrical, non-symmetrical, one sided), помилковість (fallibility, wrong), перекосити, перекошений (wreathed, wry). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phần nghiêng ở đầu trụ gạch đá gá ở đầu h"i, phần nghiêng, nghiêng (askew, asquint, over, sideling, slant, slanting, slantways, slantwise, slopewise, sloping), mặt nghiêng của mái đầu h"i, mặt nghiêng (list). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old North French | 1200-1500 | eskiuer. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skew": skewback, skewbacks, skewbald, skewbalds, skewed, skewer, skewered, skewering, skewers, skewing, skewness, skewnesses, skews. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "skew": askew. (additional references) | |
Words containing "skew": askewness, askewnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Skew" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ekew, eskew, eskey, kew, kewk, saew, sbew, scaw, sce, scea, scec, scek, scew, sdew, sek, Seku, sfew, sgew, siew, skaw, ske, sked, skeez, skei, skej, skek, skel, Skem, skes, sket, skeu, skev, skewe, skex, skey, skez, skiew, skoe, skrew, skye, smew, soew, sqew, ssew, suew, Sukowa, svew, swek, swew, sxew, szew. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "skew" (pronounced skyuw") |
| 4 | s k y uw" | askew, miscue. |
| 3 | -k y uw" | cue, queue. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-k-s-w" | |
-1 letter: sew. | |
-2 letters: es, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-k-s-w" | |
+1 letter: askew, skews, wakes, weeks, wekas. | |
+2 letters: awakes, skewed, skewer, tweaks, wackes, wakens, wakers, weskit, whelks, wreaks, wrecks. | |
+3 letters: awakens, gawkers, gawkies, hawkers, hawkeys, hawkies, keyways, knawels, knowers, misknew, rewakes, reworks, sawlike, skewers, skewing, skiwear, swacked, swanked, swanker, swinked, wackoes, waesuck, walkers, weakens, weakest, weakish, welkins, weskits, whisked, whisker, whiskey, wickers, wickets, winkers, winkles, workers. | |
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