skewing

English translation: skewing

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English term or phrase:skewing
Selected answer:skewing
Entered by: B D Finch

05:45 Jan 4, 2014
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
English term or phrase: skewing
One 10 micron particle entering a sample of EBC can supply 1,000,000 times the quantity of non-volatiles to a sample of EBC as one 0.1 micron particle.
However, there is skewing of the particle sizes exhaled towards the smaller particles.

Does "skewing" in the above sentence mean skewing in size distribution?
yoshimi
Japan
Local time: 03:05
skewing
Explanation:
Yes, it does mean "skewing in size distribution" as you suggest, i.e. the distribution curve is skewed and not a symmetrical bell curve.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 19:05
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5 +3biasing
Terry Richards
4skewing
B D Finch


  

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biasing


Explanation:
Yes, more small particles are exhaled than large ones.

Terry Richards
France
Local time: 19:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Asker: Thank you very much.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MPGS: :)
1 hr

agree  Jörgen Slet
4 hrs

agree  Veronika McLaren
13 hrs

neutral  B D Finch: Agree with your explanation, but not with "biasing". Skewing is the technically correct term and relates to the shape of the distribution curve.
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2 days 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
skewing


Explanation:
Yes, it does mean "skewing in size distribution" as you suggest, i.e. the distribution curve is skewed and not a symmetrical bell curve.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 19:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much.

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