bias
Inclination towards something.
Noun 4 meanings
Inclination towards something.
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.
Verb 2 meanings
To place bias upon; to influence.
“Our prejudices bias our views.”
To give a bias to.
Adjective 2 meanings
Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Adverb 1 meaning
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
“to cut cloth bias”
Etymology
c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570). From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.
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BIAS at a glance
BIAS has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + I 1 + A 1 + S 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,205 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bias
All rhymes- ALIAS5
- MILITIAS10
- ARIAS5
- PHOBIAS14
- MEDIAS9
- ENCYCLOPEDIAS23
- ARRHYTHMIAS22
- CAFETERIAS15
- RIAS4
- MAGNOLIAS12
- DAHLIAS11
- UTOPIAS9
One letter away
- BITS6
- BIDS7
- BINS6
- BRAS6
- BIOS6
- BOAS6
- BIGS7
- BIBS8
- RIAS4
- BAAS6
- LIAS4
- VIAS7
- AIAS4
- PIAS6
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