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English

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Etymology

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

FromMiddle Frenchbiais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.The French word is likely fromOld Occitanbiais, itself of obscure origin, most likely fromVulgar Latin*biaxius(“with two axes”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bias (countable anduncountable,pluralbiasesorbiasses)

  1. (countable, uncountable)Inclination towards something.
    Synonyms:predisposition,partiality,prejudice,preference,predilection
    • 1689 (indicated as1690), [John Locke], chapter 4, inAn Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […],→OCLC, book I,page12:
      Morality[…] give[s] abias to all their [men's] actions.
    • 1748, David Hume,Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published1973,§ 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 thesebiasses todraw too much
    • 2020 December 3, Cade Metz, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Google Researcher Says She Was Fired Over Paper Highlighting Bias in A.I.”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:
      Researchers worry that the people who are building artificial intelligence systems may be building their ownbiases into the technology.
    • 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, inRAIL, number978, page49:
      Reshaping [of British Railways] was far from perfect. It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconsciousbiases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government.
  2. (countable, textiles) The diagonal line betweenwarp andweft in awovenfabric.
  3. (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish itscircumference.
  4. (electronics) Avoltage orcurrent applied to an electronic device, such as atransistorelectrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of itstransfer function.
  5. (statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sampleestimator and the truepopulation value, which reduces therepresentativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
  6. (sports) In the games ofcrown green bowls andlawn 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; theoblique line followed by such a bowl; thelopsided 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.[from 1560s]
  7. (South Koreanidolfandom) A person's favourite member of aK-popband.
    Hypernym:fave
    Coordinate term:ult
    • 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 yourbias.
    • 2019, Katy Sprinkel,The Big Book of BTS: The Deluxe Unofficial Bangtan Book,unnumbered page:
      Sweet, sensitive, and impossibly sassy, V is many fans'bias, and an integral member of the group.
    • 2019 May 7, Joelle Weatherford, “Can't stop the K-Pop train”, inThe Eagle, Northeast Texas Community College,page 8:
      One in particular, Minho, really caught my eye. He became what is called mybias or favorite member.
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:bias.

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Translations

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inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
statistics: difference between expectation and true value
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Verb

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bias (third-person singular simple presentbiasesorbiasses,present participlebiasingorbiassing,simple past and past participlebiasedorbiassed)

  1. (transitive) To place bias upon; toinfluence.
    Our prejudicesbias our views.
    • 1963 June, “News and Comment: Le Plan Beeching”, inModern Railways, page364:
      No doubt they overlook the L.M.R.'s allegedly faulty financial estimates for the Euston-Liverpool/Manchester scheme, which havebiassed the Treasury, and perhaps the open-minded Dr. Beeching, against electrification without renewed examination of projects.
  2. (electronics) To give a bias to.
    • 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 tobias the detector.

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to place bias upon

Adjective

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bias (comparativemorebias,superlativemostbias)

  1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
    Synonym:biased
  2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Translations

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inclined to or swelled on one side
cut slanting or diagonally

Adverb

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bias (notcomparable)

  1. In a slanting manner;crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
    to cut clothbias

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in a slanting manner

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Indonesian

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IndonesianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediaid

Etymology

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Borrowed fromDutchbias orInherited fromMalaybias, bothBorrowed fromEnglishbias, fromFrenchbiais.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bias (pluralbias-bias)

  1. bias,
    1. inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection
    2. (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
    3. (acoustics, optics) 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. (colloquial) a person's favourite member of an idol group, such as K-pop band

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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Related totempias. Sense of inclination fromphono-semantic matching ofEnglishbias fromFrenchbiais.

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Verb

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bias (Jawi spellingبياس)

  1. to bedrifted by the wind
  2. todivert, todeflect, to gooff course
  3. (physics) torefract

Noun

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bias (pluralbias-bias)

  1. the act ofdiversion ordeflection
    Synonyms:biasan,pesongan
  2. bias
    1. inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
      Synonyms:kecenderungan,pincang
    2. (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.
      Synonym:pincang

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References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “بيس bijas”, inMaleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page69
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “بيس biyas”, inA Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page142
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bias”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page134

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Old Irish

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Verb

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bias

  1. third-personsingularfuturerelative ofat·tá
  2. third-personsingularfuturerelative ofbenaid

Mutation

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Mutation ofbias
radicallenitionnasalization
biasbias
pronounced with/β(ʲ)-/		mbias

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromEnglishbias.

Noun

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bias m (pluralbiasau)

  1. bias

Derived terms

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References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bias”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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