Meanings
nounskewness (countable and uncountable, plural skewnesses)
plural skewnesses
- countableuncountableThe property of being skew.
A very effective area where we can apply feature engineering is by looking at the skewness of data and then correcting the skewness through normalization of the data. Skewness can be visualized by plotting the data using histograms and density plots.
2020, Anthony So, Thomas V. Joseph, Robert Thas John, Andrew Worsley, Dr. Samuel Asare, The Data Science Workshop, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 111 - countableuncountablemathematicsA measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as scriptstyle γ₁=(μ₃)/(σ³),! where μ₃ is the third moment about the mean and σ is the standard deviation.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic تَجَانُف
- تَجَانُف (tajānuf)measure of the asymmetry
Bulgarian наклон, асиметрия
- наклон (naklon)property of being skew
- асиметрия (asimetrija)measure of the asymmetry
Czech šikmost, šikmost
- šikmostproperty of being skew
- šikmostmeasure of the asymmetry
- koeficient šikmostimeasure of the asymmetry
Dutch scheefte, scheefheid
- scheefteproperty of being skew
- scheefheidmeasure of the asymmetry
Finnish vinous
- vinousmeasure of the asymmetry
Hindi विषमता, विषमता
- विषमता (viṣamtā)property of being skew
- विषमता (viṣamtā)measure of the asymmetry
Indonesian kemenjuluran, kepencongan
- kemenjuluranmeasure of the asymmetry
- kepenconganmeasure of the asymmetry
- kemencenganmeasure of the asymmetry
Malay kepencongan
- kepenconganmeasure of the asymmetry
Portuguese distorção, obliquidade
- distorçãoproperty of being skew
- obliquidademeasure of the asymmetry
- assimetriameasure of the asymmetry
Slovak šikmosť, náklon
- šikmosťproperty of being skew
- náklonproperty of being skew
- sklonproperty of being skew
- skreslenosťproperty of being skew
Spanish asimetría
- asimetríameasure of the asymmetry
Tagalog pagkakiwal
- pagkakiwalmeasure of the asymmetry
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APA
skewness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skewness
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“skewness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skewness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skewness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skewness.
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