Bias

/ˈbaɪ.əs/ · noun

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
2. (countable, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
3. (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
4. (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.
5. (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.
6. (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.
7. (South Korean idol fandom) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
8. (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.

Example Sentences

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.

Reshaping [of British Railways] was far from perfect. It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconscious biases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government.

there is a concealed bias within the spheroid

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.

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• biases
• biasses
• biasing
• biassing
• biased
• biassed
• more bias
• most bias

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