bias /bīˈəs/

1. A one-sided mental inclination
2. A prejudice
3. Any special influence that sways one's thinking
4. An unevenness or imbalance, esp in distribution or sampling of statistics
5. (in the game of bowls) a bulge or greater weight on one side of a bowl making it turn to one side
6. A turning to one side by a bowl
7. A slanting line or cut diagonally across the grain of a fabric
8. The voltage applied to certain electronic components to cause them to function in a given direction only

Cut slantwise

Slantwise

1. To prejudice or influence, esp unfairly
2. To affect so as to cause movement, etc in one direction rather than another
3. To cut on the slant

bīˈasing noun

bias binding noun

(a long narrow folded piece of) material cut slantwise to provide stretch and used for binding esp curved edges in sewing

bias crime noun (N American)

A crime committed for racial reasons

bīˈas-cut adjective

Cut on the bias

bīˈas-drawing noun (Shakespeare)

A turning awry

on the bias

Diagonally, across the grain (of a fabric)

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