skew surface

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skew surface - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Skew \Skew\, a.
     Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; --
     chiefly used in technical phrases.
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     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.
        [1913 Webster] (1) 0 2 -3-2 0 53 -5 0 (2) 4 -1 71 8 -2-7 2
        1
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     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.
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