Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.

skew
(1) an arrangement of slots or conductors in squirrel cage rotors so that they are not parallel to the rotor axis.

(2) in computer buses, a condition where values on certain bus lines have slightly different transmission times than values on other lines of the same bus. See also tape skew.
skewed symmetry
the nonperpendicular appearance of a symmetry-axes system for an object, when the plane of the object is not perpendicular to the line of sight from the viewpoint.
skewing
(1) the bending of a curve away from it's original shape.

(2) In a differential amplifier, the offset between two signals.
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