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BIAS
- to prejudice [v BIASED, BIASES, BIASING, BIASSED, BIASSES, BIASSING] : BIASEDLY [adv]
- high-frequency voltage combined with an audio signal to reduce distortion in tape recording
- diagonal line running across a woven fabric
- prejudice
- in a diagonal manner
- to prejudice
- the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos
- out of line; slanting
- a line diagonal to the grain of a fabric
- line at a 45 degree angle to the selvage often utilized in the cutting of garments for smoother fit
- peculiarity in the shape of a bowl that causes it to swerve when rolled on the green in lawn bowling
- inclination of temperament or outlook
- in the diagonal direction of the cloth
- personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment prejudice
- instance of such prejudice
- voltage applied to a device (as a transistor control electrode) to establish a reference level for operation