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biased

adj
/ˈbaɪəst/US

Etymology

From bias + -ed.

  1. derived from *biaxius✻ — “with two axes”
  2. derived from biais
  3. borrowed from biais
  4. suffixed as biased — “bias + ed”

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting bias

    Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

    • The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
    • Obviously I'm biased, but…

  2. Having outcomes with unequal probabilities

    Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.

    • a biased coin

  3. Angled at a slant.

    • The table had a biased edge.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. On which an electrical bias is applied.

    2. Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its…

      Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.

    3. simple past and past participle of bias

      • She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at biased. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at biased. 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 biased

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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