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Bias Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bias? [n] a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation [n] a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side [adj] slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold" [v] cause to be biased [v] influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bias: diagonal \| oblique \| preconception \| predetermine \| prejudice Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bias: a thing for \| aberrancy \| aberration \| across \| affect \| affinity \| angle \| angle off \| animus \| aptitude \| aptness \| aslant \| aslope \| athwart \| atilt \| bag \| bear off \| bend \| bend to \| bendwise \| bent \| bevel \| beveled \| biased \| biaswise \| branching off \| canting \| careening \| cast \| catercorner \| catercornered \| catercornerways \| character \| chosen kind \| circuitousness \| color \| conatus \| conduce \| conduciveness \| constitution \| contribute \| corner \| cornerways \| cornerwise \| crook \| crossways \| crosswise \| cup of tea \| curve \| declination \| deflect \| delight \| departure \| detour \| deviance \| deviancy \| deviate \| deviation \| deviousness \| diagonal \| diagonally \| diagonalwise \| diathesis \| diffract \| diffuse \| digression \| discrimination \| discursion \| disperse \| dispose \| disposition \| distort \| divagate \| divagation \| divarication \| diverge \| divergence \| diversion \| divert \| dogleg \| double \| drift \| drifting \| druthers \| eagerness \| eccentricity \| errantry \| excursion \| excursus \| exorbitation \| fancy \| fascination \| favor \| favoritism \| feeling for \| forejudgment \| garble \| go \| grain \| hairpin \| have a tendency \| head \| idiosyncrasy \| impulse \| inclination \| inclinational \| inclinatory \| incline \| inclined \| inclining \| indirection \| individualism \| induce \| inequality \| influence \| interest \| involvement \| jaundice \| jaundiced eye \| kidney \| kittycorner \| lead \| lean \| leaning \| liability \| liking \| listing \| look to \| lurch \| make \| makeup \| mental set \| mettle \| mind \| mind-set \| misconstrue \| misdirect \| misinterpret \| misrender \| misrepresent \| misuse \| mold \| move \| mutual affinity \| mutual attraction \| nature \| nepotism \| oblique \| oblique angle \| oblique figure \| oblique line \| obliquity \| on the bias \| one-sidedness \| out of plumb \| out of square \| parti pris \| partialism \| partiality \| particular choice \| partisanism \| partisanship \| penchant \| pererration \| personal choice \| persuade \| pervert \| pitched \| point \| point to \| preconception \| predilection \| predispose \| predisposition \| preference \| preferential treatment \| prejudgment \| prejudice \| prejudice against \| prejudice the issue \| prepossess \| prepossession \| probability \| proclivity \| prompt \| proneness \| propensity \| pull \| raking \| rambling \| readiness \| recumbent \| redound to \| refract \| rhomboid \| scatter \| scratch comma \| sensitivity to \| separatrix \| serve \| set \| set toward \| sheer \| shelving \| shelvy \| shift \| shifting \| shifting course \| shifting path \| show a tendency \| sideling \| sidelong \| skew \| slant \| slanted \| slanting \| slantways \| slantwise \| slash \| sloped \| sloping \| slue \| soft spot \| soften up \| solidus \| stamp \| standpoint \| strain \| straying \| streak \| stripe \| style \| susceptibility \| sway \| sweep \| swerve \| swerving \| swinging \| sympathy \| tack \| taint \| taste \| temper \| temperament \| tend \| tendency \| thing \| thwart \| tilted \| tilting \| tinge \| tipped \| tipping \| tipsy \| tone \| torture \| transverse \| trend \| tropism \| turn \| turn of mind \| turning \| twist \| type \| undetachment \| undispassionateness \| unneutrality \| variation \| varnish \| veer \| verge \| viewpoint \| virgule \| wandering \| warp \| weakness \| wear down \| weigh with \| weight \| willingness \| work \| work toward \| yaw \| zigzag See Also \| angle \| experimenter bias \| handicap \| homophobia \| irrational hostility \| partiality \| partisanship \| prejudice \| prejudice \| prepossess \| prepossess \| racism \| slant \| straight line \| taboo \| tabu \| tendentiousness \| weight Bias In Webster's Dictionary \Bi"as\ (b[imac]"as), n.; pl. {Biases} (-[e^]z). [F. biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face. See {Bi-}, and cf. {Face}.] 1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination. Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. --South. Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. --Locke. 3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference. 4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias. Syn: Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See {Bent}. \Bi"as\, a. 1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth. \Bi"as\, adv. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias. \Bi"as\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Biased} (b[imac]"ast); p. pr. & vb. n. {Biasing}.] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess. Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction. --De Quincey.

Bias Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bias?

[n] a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
[n] a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side
[adj] slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold"
[v] cause to be biased
[v] influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"

Bias In Webster's Dictionary

\Bi"as\ (b[imac]"as), n.; pl. {Biases} (-[e^]z). [F.
biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face.
See {Bi-}, and cf. {Face}.]
1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of
   bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it
   from a straight line.

         Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within
         the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward
   an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent;
   inclination.

         Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. --South.

         Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to
         all their actions.                    --Locke.

3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as
   the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

Syn: Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See
     {Bent}.


\Bi"as\, a.
1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] --Shak.

2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.


\Bi"as\, adv.
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as,
to cut cloth bias.


\Bi"as\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Biased} (b[imac]"ast); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Biasing}.]
To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to
influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

      Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should
      it have biased any just critic in the counter
      direction.                               --De Quincey.

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