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Bias distortion — In telecommunication, the term bias distortion has the following meanings: #Signal distortion resulting from a shift in the bias. #In digital signaling, distortion of the signal in which all the significant intervals have uniformly longer or… … Wikipedia
Distortion — This article is about technology, especially electrical engineering. For other uses, see Distortion (disambiguation). Distort redirects here. For other uses, see Distort (disambiguation). A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or… … Wikipedia
Bias (disambiguation) — Bias is an inclination towards something, or a predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, or predilection. Bias may also refer to:In science and statistics: * Bias (statistics), the systematic distortion of a statistic ** A biased sample… … Wikipedia
Bias in education — can refer to real or perceived bias in the educational system.Bias in school textbooksThe content of school textbooks is often the issue of debate, as their target audience is young people, and the term whitewashing is the one commonly used to… … Wikipedia
bias — [bī′əs] n. pl. biases [MFr biais, a slope, slant < OFr < OProv < ?] 1. a line, cut or sewn diagonally across the weave of cloth, as in making seams, binding tape, etc. 2. a mental leaning or inclination; partiality; bent 3. Lawn Bowling… … English World dictionary
distortion — [n] deformity; falsification baloney*, bend, bias, BS*, buckle, coloring, contortion, crock, crookedness, exaggeration, intorsion, jazz*, jive*, lie, line, malconformation, malformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misshape,… … New thesaurus
bias — distortion in sampling which means that the sampled data does not represent the population which it is meant to represent … Geography glossary
bias — /buy euhs/, n., adj., adv., v., biased, biasing or (esp. Brit.) biassed, biassing. n. 1. an oblique or diagonal line of direction, esp. across a woven fabric. 2. a particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced… … Universalium
Bias (electrical engineering) — In electrical engineering, the term bias has the following meanings: # A systematic deviation of a value from a reference value. # The amount by which the average of a set of values departs from a reference value. # Electrical, mechanical,… … Wikipedia
bias — bi•as [[t]ˈbaɪ əs[/t]] n. adj. adv. v. bi•ased, bi•as•ing (esp. brit.)bi•assed, bi•as•sing. 1) tex an oblique or diagonal line of direction, esp. across a woven fabric 2) a particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents impartial… … From formal English to slang
