Bias vs. Offset
Difference Between Bias and Offset
Biasnoun
Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
Offsetnoun
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.Biasnoun
The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
Offsetnoun
(international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
Biasnoun
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
Offsetnoun
A time at which something begins; outset.
Biasnoun
(electronics) A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
Offsetnoun
The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
offset lithographsoffset processBiasnoun
(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.
Offsetnoun
(programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.Biasnoun
(sports) In the games of crown green bowls and lawn 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. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.
Offsetnoun
(signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.Biasnoun
(fandom slang) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
Offsetnoun
The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.Biasverb
(transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
Our prejudices bias our views.Offsetnoun
(surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
Biasverb
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Offsetnoun
An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
Biasadjective
Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Offsetnoun
(botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
Biasadjective
Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Offsetnoun
A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Biasadverb
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
to cut cloth biasOffsetnoun
(architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
Biasnoun
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Offsetnoun
(architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
Biasnoun
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Offsetverb
(transitive) To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
I'll offset the time difference locally.to offset one charge against anotherBiasverb
influence in an unfair way;
you are biasing my choice by telling me yoursOffsetverb
(transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
Biasverb
cause to be biased
Offsetnoun
the time at which something is supposed to begin;
they got an early startshe knew from the get-go that he was the man for herBiasadjective
slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric;
a bias foldOffsetnoun
a compensating equivalent
Offsetnoun
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
Offsetnoun
a natural consequence of development
Offsetnoun
a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
Offsetnoun
structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
Offsetverb
compensate for or counterbalance;
offset deposits and withdrawalsOffsetverb
make up for;
His skills offset his opponent's superior strengthOffsetverb
cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
Offsetverb
create an offset in;
offset a wallOffsetverb
produce by offset printing;
offset the conference proceedings
