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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
bias
adj 1: slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias
fold"
n 1: a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an
issue or situation [syn: bias, prejudice,
preconception]
2: a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to
a side of the fabric [syn: diagonal, bias]
v 1: influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by
telling me yours"
2: cause to be biased [syn: bias, predetermine]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bias \Bi"as\, a.
1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bias \Bi"as\, adv.
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as,
to cut cloth bias.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bias \Bi"as\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Biased (b[imac]"ast); p. pr.
& vb. n. Biasing.]
To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to
influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
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Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should
it have biased any just critic in the counter
direction. --De Quincey.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bias \Bi"as\ (b[imac]"as), n.; pl. Biases (-[e^]z). [F.
biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face.
See Bi-, and cf. Face.]
1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of
bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it
from a straight line.
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Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within
the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward
an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent;
inclination.
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Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. --South.
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Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to
all their actions. --Locke.
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3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as
the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
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4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
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Syn: Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See
Bent.
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6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
BIAS. A particular influential power which sways the judgment; the
inclination or propensity of the mind towards a particular object.
2. Justice requires that the judge should have no bias for or against
any individual; and that his mind should be perfectly free to act as the law
requires.
3. There is, however, one kind of bias which the courts suffer to
influence them in their judgments it is a bias favorable to a class of
cases, or persons, as distinguished from an individual case or person. A few
examples will explain this. A bias is felt on account of convenience. 1 Ves.
sen. 13, 14; 3 Atk. 524. It is also felt in favor of the heir at law, as
when there is an heir on one side and a mere volunteer on the other. Willes,
R. 570 1 W. Bl. 256; Amb. R. 645; 1 Ball & B. 309 1 Wils. R. 310 3 Atk. 747
Id. 222. On the other hand, the court leans against double portions for
children; M'Clell. R. 356; 13 Price, R. 599 against double provisions, and
double satisfactions; 3 Atk. R. 421 and against forfeitures. 3 T. R. 172.
Vide, generally, 1 Burr. 419 1 Bos. & Pull. 614; 3 Bos. & Pull. 456 Ves. jr.
648 Jacob, Rep. 115; 1 Turn. & R. 350.
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Thesaurus Results for bias:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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