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skewed
skew S0447400 (skyo͞o)v. skewed, skew·ing, skews v.tr.1. To turn or place at an angle: skew the cutting edge of a plane.2. To give a bias to; distort: The use of a limited sample skewed the findings of the study.v.intr.1. To take an oblique course or direction.2. To look obliquely or sideways.3. To display a statistical tendency toward: a television program that skews toward teenagers.adj.1. Placed or turned to one side; asymmetric.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.
[Middle English skewen, to escape, run sideways, from Old North French eskiuer, of Germanic origin.]
skew′ness n.skewed (skjuːd) adjdistorted or biasedThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | skewed - having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew"skewinclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane" |
TranslationsSkewed
SkewedHaving an oblique position, or twisted to one side.skewedHaving an oblique position, or twisted to one side.skewed
skewed adjective Referring to an asymmetrical distribution of data collected in a study or population.skewed Epidemiology adjective Referring to an asymmetrical distribution of a population or of dataskewed Of data that are not normally distributed. See PARAMETRIC.FinancialSeeSkewnessskewed
Synonyms for skewedadj having an oblique or slanting direction or positionSynonymsRelated Words |