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biast

biast is the simple past and past participle of bias.

Meaning of bias

Verb

bias (third-person singular simple present biases or biasses, present participle biasing or biassing, simple past and past participle biased or biassed)

  1. (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
    • Our prejudices bias our views.
  2. To give a bias to.
    • On the ohmic side n⁺ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87.

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Words formed from biast

Questions about biast

What is biast the simple past and past participle of?
Biast is the simple past and past participle of bias.

Words near biast in the dictionary

  1. biassed
  2. biassedness
  3. biasses
  4. biassing
  5. biassings
  6. biast
  7. biasterionic
  8. biastophile
  9. biastophiles
  10. biastophilia
  11. biastophiliac

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