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Definition bias

Etymology

From French biais (“way, angle, slant”), related to Old Occitan biais, of obscure origin.

Noun

bias (countable and uncountable, plural biases or biasses)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
  2. (countable, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
  3. (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
  4. (electronics) A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
  5. (statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
  6. (sports) In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.[from 1560s]
  7. (fandom slang) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.

Verb

bias (third-person singular simple present biases or biasses, present participle biasing or biassing, simple past and past participle biased or biassed)

  1. (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
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Adjective

bias (comparative more bias, superlative most bias)

  1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
  2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Adverb

bias (not comparable)

  1. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

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