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SKEWNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skewness mean? 

SKEWNESS (noun)
  The noun SKEWNESS has 1 sense:

1. an oblique or slanting asymmetryplay

  Familiarity information: SKEWNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SKEWNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An oblique or slanting asymmetry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

lopsidedness; skewness

Hypernyms ("skewness" is a kind of...):

asymmetry; dissymmetry; imbalance ((mathematics) a lack of symmetry)

Derivation:

skew (having an oblique or slanting direction or position)


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