skew

Noun

skew noun

1. Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
2. An oblique or sideways movement.
3. A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
4. A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.

skew noun

1. 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; a skew-corbel.
2. The coping of a gable.
3. One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.

Verb

skew verb

1. To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
2. To bias or distort in a particular direction.“A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.”
3. To hurl or throw.
4. To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.

Adjective

skew adjective

1. Neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line; askew.“a skew arch”
2. Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
3. Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.

Adverb

skew adverb

1. Askew, obliquely; awry.