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What (who) is Skew - definition
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Skew (disambiguation); Scew; Skewing
skew
THE TICKER SYMBOL FOR THE CBOE SKEW INDEX
Cboe Skew Index
¦ adjective
1. neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew.
2. Mathematics (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting.
(of a curve) not lying in a plane.
3. Statistics (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical.
¦ noun
1. an oblique angle; a slant.
2. a bias towards one particular group or subject.
3. Statistics the state of not being symmetrical.
¦ verb
1. suddenly change direction or move at an angle.
2. make biased or distorted.
3. Statistics cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
Derivatives
skewness noun
Origin
ME: shortening of Old North. Fr. eskiuwer, var. of OFr. eschiver 'eschew'.
skew
THE TICKER SYMBOL FOR THE CBOE SKEW INDEX
Cboe Skew Index
(skews, skewing, skewed)
If something is skewed, it is changed or affected to some extent by a new or unusual factor, and so is not correct or normal.
The arithmetic of nuclear running costs has been skewed by the fall in the cost of other fuels...
Today's election will skew the results in favor of the northern end of the county.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
Skew
THE TICKER SYMBOL FOR THE CBOE SKEW INDEX
Cboe Skew Index
·adv Awry; obliquely; askew.
II. Skew ·adv To throw or hurl obliquely.
III. Skew ·vi To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
IV. Skew ·vi To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
V. Skew ·adv To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
VI. Skew ·adj Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed;
- chiefly used in technical phrases.
VII. Skew ·vi To look obliquely; to Squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
VIII. Skew ·noun A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
Examples of use of Skew
1. Those voters continue to skew dramatically toward Obama.
2. Sonae has repeatedly accused PT of using its advantage as a former monopoly to skew competition.
3. Yet the burst of enthusiasm didn‘t last and the indices ended mixed with a negative skew.
4. Could–Do–Better, Part Two÷ Let‘s skew the balance back towards scholarship.
5. Except it doesn‘t, because faith schools skew the numbers still further in favour of selection.