bias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪəs/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈbajas/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /baˈjæs/
rhymes: -aɪəs
Forms: form: biases
form: biasses
Etymology: c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).
From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.
The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).
Senses: examples: text: Morality […] give[s] a bias to all their [men's] actions.
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 4, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 12:
text: 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
ref: 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 4:
text: Researchers worry that the people who are building artificial intelligence systems may be building their own biases into the technology.
ref: 2020 December 3, Cade Metz, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Google Researcher Says She Was Fired Over Paper Highlighting Bias in A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: 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.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49:
synonyms: predisposition
partiality
prejudice
preference
predilection
glosses: Inclination towards something.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: 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.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: 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.
examples: text: there is a concealed bias within the spheroid
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: 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.
examples: text: The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias.
ref: 2015, "Top 10 Tips For Travelling To Korea", UKP Magazine, Winter 2015, page 37
text: Sweet, sensitive, and impossibly sassy, V is many fans' bias, and an integral member of the group.
ref: 2019, Katy Sprinkel, The Big Book of BTS: The Deluxe Unofficial Bangtan Book, unnumbered page:
text: One in particular, Minho, really caught my eye. He became what is called my bias or favorite member.
ref: 2019 May 7, Joelle Weatherford, “Can't stop the K-Pop train”, in The Eagle, Northeast Texas Community College, page 8:
hypernyms: fave
coordinate_terms: ult
qualifier: South Korean idol fandom
glosses: A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
Derived terms: antibias
attrition bias
automation bias
availability bias
biasable
bias binding
bias distortion
bias lighting
biasness
bias-ply
bias-robust
bias tape
biaswise
brake bias
Chebyshev's bias
cognitive bias
confirmation bias
debias
Dunning-Kruger bias
forward bias
healthy user bias
healthy worker bias
Malmquist bias
maybe baby bias
metabias
myside bias
negativity bias
nonbias
normalcy bias
normality bias
on the bias
overbias
part-whole bias
publication bias
rebias
recency bias
selection bias
survival bias
survivor bias
survivorship bias
unbias
unbiased
windshield bias