adj.
- neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew.
- Mathematics (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting.
▸(of a curve) not lying in a plane.
- Statistics (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical.
n.
- an oblique angle; a slant.
- a bias towards one particular group or subject.
- Statistics the state of not being symmetrical.
v.
- suddenly change direction or move at an angle.
- make biased or distorted.
- Statistics cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: shortening of Old North. Fr. eskiuwer, var. of OFr. eschiver ‘eschew’.