Meaning of 'bias'
Meaning of 'bias' (Webster Dictionary)
- Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
- Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth. - In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias. - A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
- A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
- A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
- A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias. - To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
- Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth. - In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias. - A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
- A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
- A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
- A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias. - To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Meaning of 'bias' (Princeton's WordNet)
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