skewness /ˈskjuː.nəs/ noun2 •The property of being skew. •A 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. formsskewnesses