SKEWS
/skjuːz/
12
Scrabble
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WWF
S(1) K(5) E(1) W(4) S(1)
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Definition
/skjuːz/
noun
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
- A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
verb
- To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- To bias or distort in a particular direction.“A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.”
- To hurl or throw.
- To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
noun
- 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.
- The coping of a gable.
- One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.
Source: Wiktionary
