(bī′əs) noun plural bi·as·es or bi·as·ses
1. A line, cut, or seam running obliquely across the threads of a fabric: a dress sewn on the bias.
2. A mental predilection or prejudice. See synonyms under INCLINATION, PREJUDICE.
3. Electronics A grid bias.
4. In bowling, a lopsided shape of a ball, causing it to swerve; also, the swerving course of such a ball.
—adjective Cut, running, set, or folded diagonally; slanting.
—adverb Slantingly; diagonally.
—v.t. bi·ased or bi·assed, bi·as·ing or bi·as·sing
1. To influence or affect unduly or unfairly.
2. Electronics To impose a steady negative potential upon (a grid). [<F biais oblique]

(bē′äs)
See BEAS.