bias

Etymology
c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).

From, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century. The French word is likely from, itself of obscure origin, most likely from.

Noun

 * 1)  Inclination towards something.
 * 2)  The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
 * 3)  A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
 * 4)  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)  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)  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)  A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
 * 8) * 2015, "Top 10 Tips For Travelling To Korea", UKP Magazine, Winter 2015, page 37:
 * The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
 * 4) * 2015, "Top 10 Tips For Travelling To Korea", UKP Magazine, Winter 2015, page 37:
 * The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias.
 * 1) * 2015, "Top 10 Tips For Travelling To Korea", UKP Magazine, Winter 2015, page 37:
 * The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias.
 * The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَحَيُّز
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: isuri
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 偏見
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zaujetí, předpojatost,, , předsudky, stranění, upřednostňování
 * Danish: partiskhed, slagside, forudindtagethed
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, vinouma ; , ,  ; , ennakkoasenne ;
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, , ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: prasikap
 * Italian:, , , , , ,
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: praeiūdicium
 * Malay:
 * Maori: ngākaukino, mariutanga
 * Norwegian:, partiskhet
 * Polish: stronniczość,, ,
 * Portuguese: predisposição,, , pretendência, , tendenciosidade, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , , , , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ayo
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:, thiên về
 * Yiddish:


 * Czech: předpětí
 * Dutch: voorspanning, voormagnetisatie of a magnetic tape
 * Finnish: esijännite ; esivirta
 * German:, Vorspannung
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic: تَحَيُّز
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: haukume
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:, , predisposició
 * French: ,
 * Norwegian: partisk

Verb

 * 1)  To place bias upon; to influence.
 * 2)  To give a bias to.
 * 3) * 2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87.
 * On the ohmic side n+ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.
 * 1) * 2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87.
 * On the ohmic side n+ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.

Translations

 * Finnish:, , vinouttaa
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Polish:, rzutować

Adjective

 * 1) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
 * 2) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
 * 1) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
 * 1) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:


 * Czech: šikmo střižený
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: di sbieco

Adverb

 * 1) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
 * to cut cloth bias

Translations

 * Finnish:, vinoon
 * Italian: di sbieco,
 * Spanish: al bies,, en diagonal

Etymology
From from, from.

Noun

 * 1) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  the turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
 * 4)  a person's favourite member of an idol group, such as K-pop band.
 * 1)  a person's favourite member of an idol group, such as K-pop band.

Etymology
Related to. Sense of inclination from phono-semantic matching of from.

Verb

 * 1) to be drifted by the wind
 * 2) to divert, to deflect, to go off course
 * 3)  to refract

Noun

 * 1) the act of diversion or deflection
 * 2) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.