bias

partialité, préjugé

Préférence ou hostilité injuste envers une personne ou un groupe, qui influence le jugement.

En anglais simple : An unfair preference for or against a person or group that affects your judgment.

• The judge showed no bias.
• The study found gender bias in hiring.
• Can we remove political bias from these reports?

Comment l'utiliser : bias against someone/something (The report revealed bias against older workers.); bias towards someone/something (The selection process showed a bias towards wealthy applicants.)

Synonymes : prejudice, partiality

Contraires : impartiality

Expressions courantes : racial bias, gender bias, bias against someone, bias towards someone

tendance, inclination

Disposition à préférer quelque chose ou à s’orienter dans une certaine direction.

En anglais simple : A tendency to prefer or move towards something.

• The course has a practical bias.
• Their research has a strong bias towards biology.
• Our design shows a natural bias towards simplicity.

Comment l'utiliser : bias towards something (The course has a bias towards practical work.)

Synonymes : inclination, tendency, preference

Expressions courantes : bias towards something, natural bias, strong bias

biais

Direction oblique par rapport aux fils d’un tissu.

En anglais simple : The direction across woven cloth at an angle to its threads.

• The skirt is cut on the bias.
• Cutting on the bias helps the fabric stretch.
• She used bias tape around the neckline.

Comment l'utiliser : on the bias (Cut the fabric on the bias.)

Expressions courantes : on the bias, bias cut, bias tape

polarisation

Courant ou tension appliqués à un appareil pour régler son fonctionnement.

En anglais simple : An electrical current or voltage applied to a device to set how it operates.

• The circuit needs a stable bias voltage.
• Adjust the bias before testing the amplifier.
• Too much bias current can damage the transistor.

Expressions courantes : bias voltage, bias current, transistor bias

biaiser, influencer

Influencer une décision, une opinion ou un résultat pour favoriser injustement un camp.

En anglais simple : To influence a decision, opinion, or result so that it unfairly favors one side.

• The questions may bias the results.
• Her comments biased the jury against him.
• The survey was biased towards younger customers.

Comment l'utiliser : bias someone against someone/something (The rumors biased voters against the candidate.); bias something towards something (The questions biased the results towards positive answers.)

Synonymes : influence, prejudice, skew

Expressions courantes : bias the results, bias someone against, bias the sample, bias your judgment

en biais

En diagonale, plutôt que dans le sens de la longueur ou de la largeur.

En anglais simple : At an angle across something, rather than straight along its length or width.

• Cut the cloth bias.
• The tailor cut these strips bias.
• Fabric cut bias stretches more easily.

Synonymes : diagonally, crosswise, obliquely

Expressions courantes : cut something bias, cut bias