Definitions for SKEW
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skew, skewedverb

   having an oblique or slanting direction or position

   "the picture was skew"

2. skewverb

   turn or place at an angle

   "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skewverb

   To change or alter in a particular direction.

   A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.

2. skewverb

   To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

3. skewverb

   To throw or hurl obliquely.

4. skewadjective

   Neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).

5. Etymology: From escuer/eskiuer, northern variants of eschuer/eschiver/eschever.

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1. SKEW

   SKEW is the ticker symbol for the CBOE Skew Index, a measure of the perceived tail risk of the distribution of S&P 500 investment returns over a 30-day horizon. The index values are calculated and published by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) based on current S&P 500 options market data. SKEW is similar to the VIX index, but instead of measuring implied volatility based on a normal distribution, it measures an implied risk of future returns realizing outlier behavior. The index model defines such an outlier as two or more standard deviations below the mean, which would characterize a black swan event or market crash. The index value typically reflects trading activity of portfolio managers hedging tail risk with options, to protect portfolios from a large, sudden decline in the market. A SKEW value of 100 indicates the options market perceives a low risk of outlier returns; values increasing above 100 reflect an increased perception of risk for future outlier event(s).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Skewadverb

   awry; obliquely; askew

2. Skewadjective

   turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases

3. Skewnoun

   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

4. Skewverb

   to walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely

5. Skewverb

   to start aside; to shy, as a horse

6. Skewverb

   to look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously

7. Skewadverb

   to shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position

8. Skewadverb

   to throw or hurl obliquely

9. Etymology: [See Skew, adv.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Skew

   skū, adj. oblique: intersecting a road, river, &c. not at right angles, as a bridge.—adv. awry: obliquely.—v.t. to turn aside.—n. a deviation, a mistake: a squint: (archit.) the sloping top of a buttress slanting off against a wall.—ns. Skew′-arch, an arch standing obliquely on its abutments; Skew′-back (archit.), the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against.—adj. Skew′-bald, spotted irregularly, piebald.—n. Skew′-bridge, a bridge having its arch or arches set obliquely on its abutments, as when a railway crosses a road, &c., at an oblique angle.—adjs. Skewed, distorted; Skew-gee′ (coll.), crooked.—n. Skew′-wheel, a bevel-wheel with teeth formed obliquely on the rim. [Old Dut. schūwen (Dut. schuwen); Ger. scheuen, to shun; cf. Shy.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skew

   Awry, oblique; as a skew bridge, skew angle, &c. Also, in Cornwall, drizzling rain. Also, a rude-fashioned boat.

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1. SKEW

   What does SKEW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SKEW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SKEW in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SKEW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of SKEW in a Sentence

1. Mariana Fuentes:

   It’s worrying that you could have an extreme skew in gender one way, any changes in population structure can have real repercussions.

2. Nicole Sherrod:

   It's a demographic that is very much into tech, so it's not shocking that it tends to skew much higher in their portfolios, take something like Tesla: It's something hot that millennials covet, and although they may not have the purchasing power to buy the car yet, they can certainly buy the stock.

3. Quincy Krosby:

   Low volume is fairly standard at this time of the year and August tends to be a very choppy month, if you have low volumes, it could skew the market in any direction, and that's what you have today.

4. Robby Mook:

   In the terrain of Super Tuesday it's not just winning people of color, it's dominating, no one is going to dominate women -- it's not going to happen. You might do better with college-educated folks, some candidates will skew slightly female. Where there is potential for somebody to dominate is with African Americans.

5. Shane Dormady:

   I think you have a subset of patients who are being screened earlier with colonoscopies; you have advancing technology where we can potentially detect tumor cell DNA in the stool sample, which is leading to earlier diagnosis. And sometimes that effect will skew statistics and make it look like the incidence is really on the rise, but deeper analysis shows you that part of that is due to earlier detection and more screening, so that could be one facet of the equation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SKEW
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Skew
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skew
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SKEW
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=SKEW
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=SKEW