bias
nounEtymology
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”).
Definitions
Inclination towards something.
- Morality […] give[s] a bias to all their [men's] actions.
- nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much
- Researchers worry that the people who are building artificial intelligence systems may be building their own biases into the technology.
The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to…
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
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A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to…
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.
The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population…
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.
In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls
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.
- there is a concealed bias within the spheroid
A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
- The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias.
- Sweet, sensitive, and impossibly sassy, V is many fans' bias, and an integral member of the group.
- One in particular, Minho, really caught my eye. He became what is called my bias or favorite member.
To place bias upon
To place bias upon; to influence.
- Our prejudices bias our views.
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.
Inclined to one side
Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Synonym of biased (“exhibiting bias
Synonym of biased (“exhibiting bias; prejudiced”).
- Tom's vitality and energy were perfect for the role and I think Milos made the perfect choice! Am I bias? Certainly ... but for good reason!
- I wont deny I'm bias to Godzilla, and I guess that got mixed in my post, though I tried not to. But I really did mean to point out that we're getting mixed reviews on the film, and not to give up hope because of what Norman had to say.
- Viewing HHH's early works (when his filmic style didn't completely mature), I'm "bias" to love them because they gave me the Taiwanese flavor which I couldn't get from mainland China directors' works.
In a slanting manner
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
- to cut cloth bias
One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BCE.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
antibias, attrition bias, automation bias, availability bias, biasable, bias binding, bias distortion, bias lighting, biasness, bias-ply, bias-robust, bias tape, biaswise, brake bias, Chebyshev's bias, cognitive bias, confirmation bias, debias, disposition bias, Dunning-Kruger bias, forward bias, healthy user bias, healthy worker bias, Malmquist bias, maybe baby bias, metabias, myside bias, negativity bias, nonbias, normalcy bias, normality bias, on the bias, overbias, part-whole bias, publication bias, rebias, recency bias, selection bias, survival bias, survivor bias · +4 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at bias. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at bias. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at bias
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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