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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions bias noun (wikipedia, Bias (disambiguation), bias) (es, -, pl2=biasses) (countable) (uncountable) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4. : nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much (countable) (textile) the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric (electronics) a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode (statistics) 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 Translations:  Dutch: vooringenomenheid German: Voreingenommenheit verb (bias, es) (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence. Our prejudices our views. Etymology: From biasis, from Old biais.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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