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Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable (textile) the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric
  • countable uncountable inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection
  • electronics a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode
  • In the game of crown green 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.
  • 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

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Proper noun:

  • One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene living in the 6th century BC.

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Verb:

  • transitive To place bias upon; to influence.

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