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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 asymmetry
Familiarity information: SKEWNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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