āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to bias
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āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻšā§āϰāĻĢā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to unfairly influence or manipulate something or someone in favor of one particular opinion or point of view
Transitive: to bias sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's important to avoid biasing the experiment by introducing preconceived notions.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to apply a small amount of electrical voltage to a component to control its behavior
Transitive: to bias an electric component
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A slight positive voltage is applied to bias the gate of the transistor.
āĻā§āϰāĻžāύāĻāĻŋāϏā§āĻāϰā§āϰ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝ āϧāύāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Confirmation bias can cause people to ignore evidence that contradicts their beliefs.
āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ, āϤāĻŋāϰā§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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The seamstress explained that cutting on the bias helps the fabric curve smoothly around the body.
āĻĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāϰā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻŽāϏā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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cut or positioned diagonally across the threads of a fabric rather than along the warp or weft
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She sewed a bias seam along the edge of the skirt.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
biased
bias
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