Definitions from Wiktionary (Bias)
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
▸ noun: (countable, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
▸ noun: (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (South Korean idol fandom) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
▸ verb: (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
▸ verb: (electronics) To give a bias to.
▸ adjective: Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
▸ adjective: Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
▸ adverb: In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
▸ noun: (historical) One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BC.
▸ noun: A surname.
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▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
▸ noun: (countable, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
▸ noun: (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (South Korean idol fandom) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
▸ verb: (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
▸ verb: (electronics) To give a bias to.
▸ adjective: Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
▸ adjective: Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
▸ adverb: In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
▸ noun: (historical) One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BC.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ Also see bias
Opposite:
Types:
self-serving bias,
confirmation bias,
halo effect,
bandwagon effect,
attribution bias,
information bias,
negativity bias,
status quo bias,
placebo effect,
more...
Phrases:
Adjectives:
own,
personal,
cultural,
such,
cognitive,
potential,
possible,
systematic,
certain,
racial,
political
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