skew

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English

Etymology

An example of a skew arch

From Middle English skewen, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., eskiuer, variants of Old French eschuer, eschiver, eschever, from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread; avoid; shun”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhijaną (“to frighten”). Compare Saterland Frisian skeeuw (“slanting, oblique”), Danish skæv (“skew, slanting, crooked”), Norwegian skeiv. More at shy and eschew.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

skew (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics, usually of two lines) Neither intersecting nor parallel.
  2. Neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line.
    a skew arch

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

skew (third-person singular simple present skews, present participle skewing, simple past and past participle skewed)

  1. (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
    A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.
  2. (transitive) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  3. (transitive) To throw or hurl obliquely.
  4. (intransitive) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
    • L'Estrange
      Child, you must walk straight, without skewing.
  5. (intransitive) To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
  6. (intransitive) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

Translations

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Noun

skew (countable and uncountable, plural skews)

  1. A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
    • 1989, Ivan Andonovic, ‎Deepak Uttamchandani, Principles of Modern Optical Systems (volume 1, page 501)
      One application for which an optical filter can play an important role is that of a wideband connection with low time skew.
  2. (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
  3. (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.

Adverb

skew (comparative more skew, superlative most skew)

  1. Awry; obliquely; askew.

References

Middle English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From an earlier form of Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją; Doublet of sky.

Alternative forms

Noun

skew (plural skewes)

  1. sky, air
  2. (rare) cloud
References

Etymology 2

From Old French escu, from Latin scūtum.

Alternative forms

Noun

skew (plural skewes)

  1. A segment of carved stone to cover a gable with.
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