BIAS
WordNet
adjective
(1) Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
"A bias fold"
noun
(2) A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
(3) A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
verb
(4) Cause to be biased
(5) Influence in an unfair way
"You are biasing my choice by telling me yours"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.
- nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.
- (textile) the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric
- a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode
- 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
Verb
- To place bias upon; to influence.
- Our prejudices bias our views.