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skews

/skjuːz/ /skjuz/

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noun

Something that has an oblique or slanted position.

Examples :

"The picture's skews made it difficult to hang straight on the wall. "

position appearance

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An oblique or sideways movement.

Examples :

"The sudden skews of the car on the icy road made it difficult to control. "

direction way action

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A bias or distortion in a particular direction.

Examples :

"The survey's skews towards younger participants made the results unreliable for the whole population. "

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A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.

Examples :

"The significant skews in the clock signal's arrival times caused the computer chip to malfunction. "

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A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.

Examples :

"The skews in exam scores revealed that most students struggled with the final section, pulling the average down. "

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verb

To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

Examples :

"The strong performance of a few students skews the class average, making it appear higher than most students' actual scores. "

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To bias or distort in a particular direction.

Examples :

"A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results."

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To hurl or throw.

Examples :

"He skews pebbles across the surface of the pond, trying to make them skip. "

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To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.

Examples :

"The bookshelf, overloaded with books, skews to the left. "

direction position tendency

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To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.

Examples :

"The horse skews nervously at the loud noise of the passing truck. "

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To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

Examples :

"He skews his eyes whenever his little brother tries to tell a joke, clearly not expecting it to be funny. "

attitude appearance action

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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.

Examples :

"The mason carefully positioned the skews at the base of the gable's slope to secure the heavy coping stones and prevent them from sliding off. "

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The coping of a gable.

Examples :

"The mason carefully aligned the skews on the gable roof to prevent water damage. "

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One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.

Examples :

"The architect carefully selected the skews to ensure they complemented the gable's design and protected the roof from the elements. "

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