biassed

/B AY0 AE1 S T/
noun
  1. 1

    (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

  2. 2

    (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.

  3. 3

    (South Korean idol fandom) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.

  4. 4

    (countable, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.

  5. 5

    (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

  6. 6

    (electronics) 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.

  7. 7

    (sports) 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.

  8. 8

    A surname.

  9. 9

    (historical) One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BC.

verb
  1. 1

    (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.

  2. 2

    (electronics) To give a bias to.

adjective
  1. 1

    Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

  2. 2

    Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

adverb
  1. 1

    In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.