Definition of "bias"

noun:
- Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
  
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- The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
  
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- A voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode.
  
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- 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.
  
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- In the game of crown green 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.
  
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verb:
- To place bias upon; to influence.
  
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