/ Dictionary / Index S skewness: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: skew•ness Pronunciation: (sky'nis), [key] — n. Statistics. asymmetry in a frequency distribution. a measure of such asymmetry. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: skewness (Thesaurus) skew lines skew-symmetric Related Content Daily Word Quiz: neologism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language