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bias
  1. (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
  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 game of crown green 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. [from 1560s]
  7. (fandom slang) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “There should be no bias in favor of, or against, either team during your officiating.”
      “From a young age, she demonstrated a strong bias towards a life of artistic freedom.”
      “She wore a red silk dress cut on the bias.”
biasedness
  1. The property of being biased; partiality; bias.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The biasedness is systematic and it is directed towards the centre of the stationarity and invertibility region.”
      “No survey so far has empirically verified higher biasedness amongst corporate leaders than amongst shop-floor workers. ”
      “The presence of biasedness in the 1980s clearly arises from the episode of dollar appreciation that ended in February 1985.”
biassedness
  1. Alternative form of biasedness
biasness
  1. (nonstandard) biasedness; bias
biasnesses
  1. plural of biasness
biases
biasses
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