Bias
/ˈbaɪəs/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Bias
noun
- Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
- The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
- A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
- 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.
- 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.
adverb
- In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
"to cut cloth bias"
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