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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Examples of "bias" in Sentences
- The bias is entertaining.
- The bias is obvious in the report.
- The bias of the article is painful.
- The bias in this article is palpable.
- Confirmation bias is the name of the game.
- You are trying to indoctrinate them in your opinion and bias.
- I can find plenty of bias, the bias in the piece is palpable.
- Bias elements bias all of the damper bars to a quiescent position.
- They acknowledge the bias of the term and present arguments for the bias.
- A similar bias on the group level is called the outgroup homogeneity bias.
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