bias
bias
baÉĒəs
baiēs
/bˈa‌ÉĒ‌əs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bias"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϰāĻĢ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to unfairly influence or manipulate something or someone in favor of one particular opinion or point of view
Transitive: to bias sb/sth
to bias definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's important to avoid biasing the experiment by introducing preconceived notions.
āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to apply a small amount of electrical voltage to a component to control its behavior
Transitive: to bias an electric component
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A slight positive voltage is applied to bias the gate of the transistor.
āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāύāϜāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāϰ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āϟāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻ­ā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡āϜ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ

a prejudice that prevents fair consideration of a situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Confirmation bias can cause people to ignore evidence that contradicts their beliefs.
āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ, āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•

a diagonal line across a fabric, typically running at a 45-degree angle to the grain of the fabric, often used for cutting to allow stretch or flexibility
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The seamstress explained that cutting on the bias helps the fabric curve smoothly around the body.
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ āĻ•āĻžāϟāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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cut or positioned diagonally across the threads of a fabric rather than along the warp or weft

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She sewed a bias seam along the edge of the skirt.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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