bias as in slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
- "a bias fold"
bias as in influence in an unfair way
- "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"
bias as in cause to be biased
Synonyms
- predeterminedetermine beforehand ; cause to be biased
bias as in a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Synonyms
- prejudicea partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation ; disadvantage by prejudice ; influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
- preconceptionan opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
bias as in a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Synonyms
- diagonalconnecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; having an oblique or slanted direction ; (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent ; a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric ; an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry ; a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information