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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skew  \Skew\,  n.  (Arch.) 
  A  stone  at  the  foot  of  the  slope  of  a  gable,  the  offset  of  a 
  buttress,  or  the  like  cut  with  a  sloping  surface  and  with  a 
  check  to  receive  the  coping  stones  and  retain  them  in  place 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skew  \Skew\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Skewed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Skewing}.] 
  1.  To  walk  obliquely;  to  go  sidling;  to  lie  or  move 
  obliquely. 
 
  Child,  you  must  walk  straight,  without  skewing. 
  --L'Estrange. 
 
  2.  To  start  aside;  to  shy,  as  a  horse.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  3.  To  look  obliquely;  to  squint;  hence  to  look  slightingly 
  or  suspiciously.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skew  \Skew\,  a. 
  Turned  or  twisted  to  one  side  situated  obliquely;  skewed;  -- 
  chiefly  used  in  technical  phrases. 
 
  {Skew  arch},  an  oblique  arch.  See  under  {Oblique}. 
 
  {Skew  back}.  (Civil  Engin.) 
  a  The  course  of  masonry,  the  stone,  or  the  iron  plate, 
  having  an  inclined  face,  which  forms  the  abutment  for  the 
  voussoirs  of  a  segmental  arch. 
  b  A  plate,  cap,  or  shoe,  having  an  inclined  face  to  receive 
  the  nut  of  a  diagonal  brace,  rod,  or  the  end  of  an 
  inclined  strut,  in  a  truss  or  frame. 
 
  {Skew  bridge}.  See  under  {Bridge},  n. 
 
  {Skew  curve}  (Geom.),  a  curve  of  double  curvature,  or  a 
  twisted  curve.  See  {Plane  curve},  under  {Curve}. 
 
  {Skew  gearing},  or  {Skew  bevel  gearing}  (Mach.),  toothed 
  gearing,  generally  resembling  bevel  gearing,  for 
  connecting  two  shafts  that  are  neither  parallel  nor 
  intersecting,  and  in  which  the  teeth  slant  across  the 
  faces  of  the  gears. 
 
  {Skew  surface}  (Geom.),  a  ruled  surface  such  that  in  general 
  two  successive  generating  straight  lines  do  not  intersect; 
  a  warped  surface;  as  the  helicoid  is  a  skew  surface. 
 
  {Skew  symmetrical  determinant}  (Alg.),  a  determinant  in  which 
  the  elements  in  each  column  of  the  matrix  are  equal  to  the 
  elements  of  the  corresponding  row  of  the  matrix  with  the 
  signs  changed,  as  in  (1),  below.  (1)  0  2  -3-2  0  53  -5  0 
  (2)  4  -1  71  8  -2-7  2  1 
 
  Note:  This  requires  that  the  numbers  in  the  diagonal  from  the 
  upper  left  to  lower  right  corner  be  zeros.  A  like 
  determinant  in  which  the  numbers  in  the  diagonal  are 
  not  zeros  is  a  skew  determinant,  as  in  (2),  above. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skew  \Skew\,  adv  [Cf.  D.  scheef  Dan.  ski?v,  Sw  skef,  Icel. 
  skeifr  G.  schief,  also  E.  shy,  a.  &  v.  i.] 
  Awry;  obliquely;  askew. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skew  \Skew\,  v.  t.  [See  {Skew},  adv.] 
  1.  To  shape  or  form  in  an  oblique  way  to  cause  to  take  an 
  oblique  position. 
 
  2.  To  throw  or  hurl  obliquely. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skew 
  adj  :  having  an  oblique  or  slanting  direction  or  position;  "the 
  picture  was  skew"  [syn:  {skewed}] 
  v  :  turn  or  place  at  an  angle;  "the  lines  on  the  sheet  of  paper 
  are  skewed"  [ant:  {align}]




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