bias

IPA: bˈaɪʌs

noun

  • (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
  • (countable, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
  • (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (South Korean idol fandom) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
  • (historical) One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BC.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
  • (electronics) To give a bias to.

adjective

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

adverb

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