bias
• noun 1 inclination or prejudice in favour of a particular person, thing, or viewpoint. 2 a slanting direction across the grain of a fabric. 3 the tendency of a ball in the game of bowls to swerve because of the way it is weighted. 4 Electronics a steady voltage, applied to an electronic device, that can be adjusted to change the way the device operates. • verb (biased, biasing or biassed, biassing) influence unfairly; prejudice. — ORIGIN originally in the sense oblique or oblique line : from French biais.
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