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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�baɪ�s/, SAMPA|/"baI@s/
audio|en-us-bias.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�s|-aɪ�s

Etymology
From MF. biasis, from Old Pr. biais.

Noun
wikipedia|Bias (disambiguation)|bias
en-noun|es|-|pl2=biasses

1. countable uncountable inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection

#* 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 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 these biasses to draw too much

1. countable (textile) the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric
2. electronics a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode
3. 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

Translations
trans-top|inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
Czech: zaujetí n, p�edpojatost f
Dutch: vooringenomenheid
German: Voreingenommenheit f
Norwegian: Fordom, partiskhet

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French: préjugé, parti-pris
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Portuguese: Polarização (em eletrônica), viés, distorção, tendenciosidade
Norwegian: Fordom

Verb
en-verb|bias|es

1. transitive To place bias upon; to influence.

#: Our prejudices bias our views.

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