biases
/ˈbaɪ.ə.sɪz/
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nonstandard/ˈbaɪəˌsiːz/
biases is the plural of bias.
biases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bias.
Meaning of bias
Noun
bias (countable and uncountable, plural biases or biasses)
- Inclination towards something.
- Morality […] give[s] a bias to all their [men's] actions.1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 4, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 12
- Synonyms:
- predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection, parti pris
- Antonyms:
- balance
- The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
- A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- there is a concealed bias within the spheroid1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
Forms of biases
| alternative form | biasses |
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Phrases with biases
- meta biases
- brake biases
- recency biases
- normalcy biases
- survival biases
- survivor biases
- cognitive biases
- selection biases
- negativity biases
- part-whole biases
- disposition biases
- publication biases
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Questions about biases
- What is biases the plural of?
- Biases is the plural of bias.
- How do you pronounce biases?
- Biases is pronounced /ˈbaɪ.ə.sɪz/.
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