Look up: skew

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   Skew
   Rotation of a barcode symbol about an axis parallel to the symbol's length.
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   skew
   [adj] - having an oblique or slanting direction or position 2. [v] - turn or place at an angle
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   Skew
   A measure of the inequality of propagation delay between two pairs in a multi-pair cable.
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   Skew
   Rotation of a bar code symbol about an axis parallel to the symbol’s length
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   Skew
   An expression of the so-called 'third moment'. A tendency for a distribution to lean to the right (or left, when negative), showing a fast dip from the central mean but having an extended tail. The skewness of data is usually measured through a coefficient of skewness which is zero for symmetric distributions such as the normal or uniform distribut...
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   skew
   Describing the misalignment of a component or device to its proper mounting site.
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   skew
   the angular deviation from a specified reference of a row of recorded binary characters Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • a relative measure of the asymmetry of a frequency distribution as compared to the normal distribution Category: Statistics • any out-of-squareness of the cut end of a piece of tubing after shrinking Category: Electric...
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   Skew
   During printing or scanning, the content of a page are almost never exactly vertical, which referred to as being skewed. De-skewing is a process where the computer detects and corrects the skew in an image file.
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   Skew
   Definition (advanced level) Skew can mean several different things:<br /> Skew lines are lines in space which do not intersect and are not parallel, i.e. they do not lie in the same plane;<br /> A skew curve is a curve that does not lie in a plane;<br /> A skew field is another name for a division ring;<br /> The skewness of ...
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    Skew
    Skew adverb [ Confer Dutch scheef . Danish ski...v , Swedish skef , Icelandic skeifr , German schief , also English shy , adjective & intransitive verb ] Awry; obliquely; askew.
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    Skew
    Skew adjective 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) ...
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    Skew
    Skew noun (Architecture) 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.
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    Skew
    Skew intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Skewed ; present participle & verbal noun 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 ...
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    Skew
    Skew transitive verb [ See Skew , adverb ] 1. To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position. 2. To throw or hurl obliquely.
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    skew
    1. Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; chiefly used in technical phrases. Skew arch, an oblique arch. ... 2. <geometry> 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. ... 3. <mathematics> Skew symmetrical determina ...
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    skew
    skewed adjective having an oblique or slanting direction or position; `the picture was skew`
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    Skew
    The term `skew`, generally referring to some difference from an expected or optimal value, is common in both telecommunications and mathematics. `Skew` has also acquired a new meaning for computer disk drives.
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    Skew
    • (v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse. • (n.) 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. • (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew. • (v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slight...
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    Skew
    During printing or scanning, the content of a page are almost never exactly vertical, which referred to as being skewed. De-skewing is a process where the computer detects and corrects the skew in an image file
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    Skew
    The condition when two entities come together at an angle which is not 90 degrees or perpendicular to each other.
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    skew
    a defect in facsimile reproduction in which lines that should be at right angles to the scanning direction are inclined to it, owing to a difference between the scanning speeds at transmission and reception
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