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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bias/ˈbʌɪəs/
▶noun
  • 1 inclination or prejudice for or against one thing or person.

    ■ a systematic distortion of a statistical result due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation.

  • 2 a diagonal across the grain of a fabric.
  • 3 Bowls the irregular shape given to one side of a bowl.

    ■ the oblique course taken by such a bowl.

  • 4 Electronics a steady voltage, magnetic field, or other factor applied to a system to cause it to operate over a predetermined range.
▶verb (biases, biasing, biased or biases, biassing, biassed)
  • 1 influence unfairly; prejudice.
  • 2 Electronics give a bias to.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘oblique line’): from Fr. biais, from Provençal.



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