An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

General: Having an oblique direction or position;
being in a slanted or unsymmetrical position.
Geometry: Two or more lines that are not parallel and do not intersect.
Statistics: Having → skewness.

Etymology (EN): From Old North French eskiuer “to shy away from, avoid,” O.Fr. eschiver (Fr. esquiver “to shirk, dodge”) “to eschew, keep away from;” related to shy.

Etymology (PE): Kažâl, from kaž “crooked, bent, being aside” (cf. Skt. kubja- “hump-backed, crooked,” Pali kujja- “bent,” L. gibbus “hump, hunch,” Lith. kupra “hump”)

• -âl, → -al.