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The correct spelling is skews.
How to pronounce skews
noun
IPA: /skjuːz/
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The correct spelling is skews. Something that has an oblique or slanted position. For example: "A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results."
Usage Examples
“A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.”
Meanings
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.
- 5.A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
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.
- 3.To hurl or throw.
- 4.To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- 5.To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
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