skewness

skew  (sky)

v. skewed, skew·ing, skews

v.intr.

1. To take an oblique course or direction.

2. To look obliquely or sideways.

v.tr.

1. To turn or place at an angle.

2. To give a bias to; distort.

adj.

1. Placed or turned to one side; asymmetrical.

2. Distorted or biased in meaning or effect.

3. Having a part that diverges, as in gearing.

4.

a. Mathematics Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space.

b. Statistics Not symmetrical about the mean. Used of distributions.

n.

An oblique or slanting movement, position, or direction.

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[Middle English skewen, to escape, run sideways, from Old North French eskiuer, of Germanic origin.]

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skewness n.

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skewness [ˈskjuːnɪs]

n

1. the quality or condition of being skew

2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics a measure of the symmetry of a distribution around its mean, esp the statistic B₁ = m₃/(m₂)^3/2, where m₂ and m₃ are respectively the second and third moments of the distribution around the mean. In a normal distribution, B₁ = 0 Compare kurtosis

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skewness - an oblique or slanting asymmetry lopsidedness asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance - (mathematics) a lack of symmetry