▸ 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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