Skew: meaning, definitions and examples
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skew
[ skjuː ]
mathematics
To change or distort in shape or appearance. In mathematics, to skew a shape means to transform it in a way that its angles and lengths are not preserved.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The graph was skewed to the right due to the outlier data point.
- The data was skewed by the presence of extreme values.
statistics
A measure of the asymmetry of a probability distribution. A distribution is said to be skewed if it is not symmetrical around its mean.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The distribution of income in the country showed a positive skew.
- The skew of the data set indicated a non-normal distribution.
Translations
Translations of the word "skew" in other languages:
🇵🇹 distorcer
🇮🇳 तिरछा करना
🇩🇪 verzerren
🇮🇩 memiringkan
🇺🇦 викривляти
🇵🇱 zniekształcać
🇯🇵 歪める (yugameru)
🇫🇷 déformer
🇪🇸 torcer
🇹🇷 çarpıtmak
🇰🇷 왜곡하다 (waegokhada)
🇸🇦 تشويه
🇨🇿 zkreslit
🇸🇰 skresliť
🇨🇳 歪曲 (wāiqū)
🇸🇮 izkriviti
🇮🇸 afmynda
🇰🇿 бұрмалау
🇬🇪 დამახინჯება
🇦🇿 əyilmək
🇲🇽 torcer
Word origin
The word 'skew' originated from the Old Norse word 'skegg', meaning 'beard'. Over time, the meaning of 'skew' evolved to represent the idea of being oblique or slanting. In the context of mathematics and statistics, 'skew' came to denote a deviation from symmetry or straightness. The term has been used in various fields to describe distortion or asymmetry.