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bias noun (biases) 1 an inclination to favour or disfavour one side against another in a dispute, competition, etc; a prejudice. 2 a tendency or principal quality in a person's character • has a bias towards analytical work. 3 bowls, etc a a weight on or in an object (eg a bowl) which makes it move in a particular direction; b a course in which such an object (especially a bowl) turns in a particular direction. 4 dressmaking, etc a line cut across the grain of a fabric. 5 statistics an unevenness or lack of balance in a result. 6 electronics the voltage applied to certain components to cause them to function only for a current of a given polarity, or only for currents greater than a given current. verb (biased, biasing; also biassed, biassing) 1 to influence or prejudice, especially unfairly or without objective grounds 2 to give a bias to something. biased or biassed adj (especially be biased against or towards someone or something) predisposed to favour one side, group, person, etc rather than another. on the bias diagonally; on the cross (of a fabric).
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French biais slant.

bias noun (biases) 1 an inclination to favour or disfavour one side against another in a dispute, competition, etc; a prejudice. 2 a tendency or principal quality in a person's character • has a bias towards analytical work. 3 bowls, etc a a weight on or in an object (eg a bowl) which makes it move in a particular direction; b a course in which such an object (especially a bowl) turns in a particular direction. 4 dressmaking, etc a line cut across the grain of a fabric. 5 statistics an unevenness or lack of balance in a result. 6 electronics the voltage applied to certain components to cause them to function only for a current of a given polarity, or only for currents greater than a given current. verb (biased, biasing; also biassed, biassing) 1 to influence or prejudice, especially unfairly or without objective grounds 2 to give a bias to something. biased or biassed adj (especially be biased against or towards someone or something) predisposed to favour one side, group, person, etc rather than another. on the bias diagonally; on the cross (of a fabric).
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French biais slant.

bias noun (biases) 1 an inclination to favour or disfavour one side against another in a dispute, competition, etc; a prejudice. 2 a tendency or principal quality in a person's character • has a bias towards analytical work. 3 bowls, etc a a weight on or in an object (eg a bowl) which makes it move in a particular direction; b a course in which such an object (especially a bowl) turns in a particular direction. 4 dressmaking, etc a line cut across the grain of a fabric. 5 statistics an unevenness or lack of balance in a result. 6 electronics the voltage applied to certain components to cause them to function only for a current of a given polarity, or only for currents greater than a given current. verb (biased, biasing; also biassed, biassing) 1 to influence or prejudice, especially unfairly or without objective grounds 2 to give a bias to something. biased or biassed adj (especially be biased against or towards someone or something) predisposed to favour one side, group, person, etc rather than another. on the bias diagonally; on the cross (of a fabric).
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French biais slant.