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bias
English
Etymology
c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).
From French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from an unattested Latin *biaxius "with two axes".
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?ba??s/
- Rhymes: -a??s
Noun
bias (countable and uncountable, plural biases or biasses)
- (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
- Synonyms: 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, textiles) The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
- (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
- (electronics) A 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.
- (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.
- (sports) In 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.[from 1560s]
- (South Korean idol fandom) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
- 2015, "Top 10 Tips For Travelling To Korea", UKP Magazine, Winter 2015, page 37:
- The last thing you want is for your camera to die when you finally get that selca with your bias.
- 2019, Katy Sprinkel, The Big Book of BTS: The Deluxe Unofficial Bangtan Book, unnumbered page:
- Sweet, sensitive, and impossibly sassy, V is many fans' bias, and an integral member of the group.
- 2019, Joelle Weatherford, "Can't stop the K-Pop train", The Eagle (Northeast Texas Community College), 7 May 2019, page 8:
- One in particular, Minho, really caught my eye. He became what is called my bias or favorite member.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bias.
- 2015, "Top 10 Tips For Travelling To Korea", UKP Magazine, Winter 2015, page 37:
Derived terms
- bias tape
- on the bias
Translations
Verb
bias (third-person singular simple present biases or biasses, present participle biasing or biassing, simple past and past participle biased or biassed)
- (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
- (electronics) To give a bias to.
- 2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87.
- On the ohmic side n+ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.
- 2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87.
Translations
Adjective
bias (comparative more bias, superlative most bias)
- Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
- Synonym: biased
- Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Translations
Adverb
bias (not comparable)
- In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
- to cut cloth bias
Translations
Further reading
- bias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- ABIs, AIBs, IABs, IBSA, bais, basi-, isba
Indonesian
Etymology
From English bias, from French biais.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bi.as]
- Hyphenation: bi?as
Noun
bias
- bias,
- inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
- (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.
- (physics) the turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
- (colloquial) a person's favourite member of a idol group, such as K-pop band.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bias” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Old Irish
Verb
bias
- third-person singular future relative of at·tá
- third-person singular future relative of benaid
Mutation
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affection
English
Etymology
From Middle English affection, affeccion, affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affecti?nem, from affecti?; see affect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?k??n/
- Hyphenation: af?fec?tion
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
affection (countable and uncountable, plural affections)
- The act of affecting or acting upon.
- The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
- An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
- 1756, Robert Simson, Euclid's Elements
- A Porism is a proposition in which it is proposed to demonstrate that some one thing, or more things than one, are given, to which, as also to each of innumerable other things, not given indeed, but which have the same relation to those which are given, it is to be shewn that there belongs some common affection described in the proposition.
- 1756, Robert Simson, Euclid's Elements
- An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
- 1905, John C. Ager (translator), Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell Chapter 27
- It is known that each individual has a variety of affections, one affection when in joy, another when in grief, another when in sympathy and compassion, another when in sincerity and truth, another when in love and charity, another when in zeal or in anger, another when in simulation and deceit, another when in quest of honor and glory, and so on.
- 1905, John C. Ager (translator), Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell Chapter 27
- A feeling of love or strong attachment.
- 1908, Gorge Bernard Shaw, Getting Married/Spurious "Natural" Affection
- What is more, they are protected from even such discomfort as the dislike of his prisoners may cause to a gaoler by the hypnotism of the convention that the natural relation between husband and wife and parent and child is one of intense affection, and that to feel any other sentiment towards a member of one's family is to be a monster.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Chapter 61
- Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.
- 1908, Gorge Bernard Shaw, Getting Married/Spurious "Natural" Affection
- (medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
- 1907, The Medical Brief (volume 35, page 840)
- A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]
- 1907, The Medical Brief (volume 35, page 840)
Usage notes
In the sense of "feeling of love or strong attachment", it is often in the plural; formerly followed by "to", but now more generally by "for" or "toward(s)", for example filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children
Synonyms
- (kind feeling): attachment, fondness, kindness, love, passion, tenderness
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
affection (third-person singular simple present affections, present participle affectioning, simple past and past participle affectioned)
- (now rare) To feel affection for. [from 16th c.]
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, V:
- Why, truth is truth, I do not think my lady Isabella ever much affectioned my young lord, your son: yet he was a sweet youth as one should see.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, V:
Translations
Further reading
- affection at OneLook Dictionary Search
- affection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- affection in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin affecti?, affecti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.f?k.sj??/
Noun
affection f (plural affections)
- affection, love, fondness
- medical condition, complaint, disease
Further reading
- “affection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Scots
Noun
affection (plural affections)
- affection
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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