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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Bias (0.04121 detik)
Found 5 items, similar to Bias.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: bias
prasangka
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: bias
miring, prasangka
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: bias
ray, refraction
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bias
bias
adj : slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric;
“a bias
fold”
[also:
biassing,
biassed]
bias
n 1: a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an
issue or situation [syn:
prejudice,
preconception]
2: a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to
a side of the fabric [syn:
diagonal]
v 1: influence in an unfair way;
“you are biasing my choice by
telling me yours”
2: cause to be biased [syn:
predetermine]
[also:
biassing,
biassed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bias
Bias
\Bi"as\, adv.
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as,
to cut cloth bias.
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Bias
\Bi"as\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Biased (b[imac]"ast); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Biasing.]
To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to
influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
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Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should
it have biased any just critic in the counter
direction. --De Quincey.
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Bias
\Bi"as\ (b[imac]"as), n.; pl.
Biases (-[e^]z). [F.
biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face.
See
Bi-, and cf.
Face.]
1. 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.
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Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within
the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward
an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent;
inclination.
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Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. --South.
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Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to
all their actions. --Locke.
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3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as
the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
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4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
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Syn: Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See
Bent.
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Bias
\Bi"as\, a.
1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
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