bias

Inclination towards something.

textilesThe diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.

textilesA wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

electronicsA voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.

statisticsThe difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.

sportsIn the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.

south korean idol fandomA person's favourite member of a K-pop band.

A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

To place bias upon; to influence.

“Our prejudices bias our views.”

electronicsTo give a bias to.

Cause to be biased

Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric

“a bias fold”

In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

“to cut cloth bias”