BIAS

bias

(adjective) slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; “a bias fold”

bias, prejudice, preconception

(noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

diagonal, bias

(noun) a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

bias, predetermine

(verb) cause to be biased

bias

(verb) influence in an unfair way; “you are biasing my choice by telling me yours”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bias (countable and uncountable, plural biases or biasses)

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.

(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.[from 1560s]

(South Korean pop culture fandom slang) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.

Verb

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

(transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.

(electronics)

Adjective

bias (comparative more bias, superlative most bias)

Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Synonyms

• (inclined to one side): biased

Adverb

bias (not comparable)

In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

Anagrams

• ABIs, AIBs, IABs, IBSA, bais, basi-, isba

Etymology

Proper noun

Bias

(historical) One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BC.

Anagrams

• ABIs, AIBs, IABs, IBSA, bais, basi-, isba

Source: Wiktionary

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Bi"as, n.; pl. Biases. Etym: [F. biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two- faced; L. bis + facies face. See Bi-, and cf. Face.]

1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

2. A learning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination. Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. South. Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Locke.

3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

Syn.

– Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See Bent.

Bi"as, a.

1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] Shak.

2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Bi"as, adv.

Definition: In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

Bi"as, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Biased; p. pr. & vb. n. Biasing.]

Definition: To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess. Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction. De. Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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