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Definitions for Bias

[1] a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
[2] unreasonably hostile feelings or opinions about a social group; prejudice: accusations of racial bias.
[3] an oblique or diagonal line of direction, especially across a woven fabric.
[4] Statistics . a systematic as opposed to a random distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure.
[5] Lawn Bowling . a slight bulge or greater weight on one side of the ball or bowl. the curved course made by such a ball when rolled.
[6] Electronics . the application of a steady voltage or current to an active device, as a diode or transistor, to produce a desired mode of operation.
[7] a high-frequency alternating current applied to the recording head of a tape recorder during recording in order to reduce distortion.
[8] cut, set, folded, etc., diagonally: This material requires a bias cut.
[9] in a diagonal manner; obliquely; slantingly: to cut material bias.
[10] to cause to hold or exhibit a particular bias; to influence, especially unfairly: a tearful plea designed to bias the jury; a survey biased toward highly educated people.
[11] Electronics . to apply a steady voltage or current to (the input of an active device).
[12] on the bias , in the diagonal direction of the cloth. out of line; slanting.
[13] flourished 570 b.c., Greek philosopher, born in Ionia.
[14] the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
[15] a river in NW India, flowing SW into the Sutlej River: one of the five rivers of the Punjab. 290 miles (470 km) long.
[16] mental tendency or inclination, esp an irrational preference or prejudice
[17] a diagonal line or cut across the weave of a fabric
[18] electronics the voltage applied to an electronic device or system to establish suitable working conditions
[19] bowls a bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl the curved course of such a bowl on the green
[20] statistics an extraneous latent influence on, unrecognized conflated variable in, or selectivity in a sample which influences its distribution and so renders it unable to reflect the desired population parameters if T is an estimator of the parameter θ , the expected value of (T–θ )
[21] an inaudible high-frequency signal used to improve the quality of a tape recording
[22] slanting obliquely; diagonal a bias fold
[23] obliquely; diagonally
[24] (usually passive) to cause to have a bias; prejudice; influence

Words related to Bias

intolerance, favoritism, tilt, bigotry, prejudice, preference, leaning, unfairness, tendency, inclination, sway, slant, distort, incline, penchant, bent, predisposition, turn, prepossession, spin

Words nearby Bias

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Origin of Bias

1520–30; < Middle French biais oblique < Old Provençal, probably < Vulgar Latin *(e)bigassius < Greek epikársios oblique, equivalent to epi- epi- + -karsios oblique

Other words from Bias

sub·bi·as , noun
su·per·bi·as , noun

Word origin for Bias

C16: from Old French biais , from Old Provençal, perhaps ultimately from Greek epikarsios oblique

Synonyms for Bias

bigotry, favoritism, inclination, intolerance, leaning, preference, prejudice, tendency, tilt, unfairness, bent, chauvinism, disposition, flash, illiberality, mind-set, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, turn, viewpoint, head-set, mind trip, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness