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magnitude
Noun
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The exact or approximate size, extent or importance of something.
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A number that is assigned to something so that it may be compared to others numerically; it is always a positive number (more than zero).
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The apparent brightness of a star.
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A measure of the energy of an earthquake (for example, on the Richter scale).
bias
Noun
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A bias is a preference in one direction that makes things unequal.
There is strong evidence of a bias towards the death penalty for black rather than white murderers.
They had plans for an international centre, with a strong political bias.
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The bias is the diagonal direction, especially in cloth.
The neckline was cut on the bias to improve the drape of the fabric.
bias
Verb
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If you bias something, you unfairly make one result more likely than another.
Sexism in language biases experience constantly towards the male sex.
By not providing this information, you bias the results.