bias
/ˈbaɪ.əs/
Frequency: 4.18 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
Countable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Morality […] give[s] a bias to all their [men's] actions."
- "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"
- "Researchers worry that the people who are building artificial intelligence systems may be building their own biases into the technology."
- "Reshaping [of British Railways] was far from perfect. It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconscious biases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government."
- "there is a concealed bias within the spheroid"
- "The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: biais, *biaxius, Βίας