Bias

//ˈbaɪ.əs// adj, adv, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

    "Thou, trumpet, there’s my purſe; / Now cracke thy lungs, and ſplit thy braſen pipe: / Blow, villaine, till thy ſphered Bias cheeke / Out-ſwell the collicke of puft Aquilon: / Come, ſtretch thy cheſt, and let thy eyes ſpout bloud: / Thou bloweſt for Hector."

  2. 2
    Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Adjective
  1. 1
    slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally. not-comparable

    "to cut cloth bias"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BC. historical
  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Inclination towards something. countable, uncountable

    "Morality […] give[s] a bias to all their [men's] actions."

  2. 2
    a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation wordnet
  3. 3
    The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric. countable
  4. 4
    a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric wordnet
  5. 5
    A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference. countable
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  1. 6
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    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. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    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. countable, uncountable

    "there is a concealed bias within the spheroid"

  4. 9
    A person's favourite member of a K-pop band. countable, uncountable

    "The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias."

Verb
  1. 1
    To place bias upon; to influence. transitive

    "Our prejudices bias our views."

  2. 2
    cause to be biased wordnet
  3. 3
    To give a bias to.

    "2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87. On the ohmic side n⁺ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector."

  4. 4
    influence in an unfair way wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570). From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century. The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).

Etymology 2

c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570). From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century. The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).

Etymology 3

c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570). From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century. The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).

Etymology 4

c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570). From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century. The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).

Etymology 5

From Ancient Greek Βίας (Bías).

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