skew lines
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plural noun Geometry.
any lines in space that do not intersect and are not parallel.
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Origin of skew lines
First recorded in 1950–55
Words nearby skew lines
skewer, skewerwood, skew field, skewgee, skewing, skew lines, skewness, skew-symmetric, skew symmetry, skewwhiff, ski
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