"deskew" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: deskews [present, singular, third-person], deskewing [participle, present], deskewed [participle, past], deskewed [past]
Etymology: de- + skew Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|skew}} de- + skew Head templates: {{en-verb}} deskew (third-person singular simple present deskews, present participle deskewing, simple past and past participle deskewed)
  1. (transitive, computing) To rotate a scanned image to compensate for skewing. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: to rotate a scanned image to compensate for skewing): kiegyenesít (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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