单词 | over-biased |
释义 | over-biasedadj. 1. Excessively biased; influenced too much in one direction. ΚΠ 1650 H. Robinson Briefe Considerations conc. Advancem. Trade & Navigation To Rdr. sig. A2 The greatest part of People, who in those times of Tyranny, that begets ignorance, were apt to look upon the very best with an over-biased understanding. 1655 F. Osborne Advice to Son v. 130 An over-biassed holynesse, which persecutes all that carry the impress of any contrary Tenents. 1940 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 6 348 The view he takes of the causes that led to the climax is candid, and is by no means over-biased in his own favour. 1984 Contemp. Sociol. 13 313/1 British trade unions exert over biased representation of labor unions and the working world in more detail. 1998 C. Dow Major Recessions xii. 437 Central banks are likely to be over-biased towards control of inflation at the expense of growth and employment. 2. Electronics. Of an amplifier or other device: supplied with a bias current at a level greater than that which would result in peak output voltage, esp. to maximize signal-to-noise ratio. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [adjective] > applying bias biasing1884 over-biased1939 1939 K. Henney & B. Dudley Handbk. Photogr. xix. 570 A certain combination of resistance and capacity may be chosen which will keep the grid of the tube overbiased for a certain period of time. 1993 What Hi-Fi? Oct. 153 Good sound free from wow and flutter; over-biased. 1997 Studio Sound (Nexis) Nov. 98 Only one layer of the tape coating will be correctly biased. Layers closer to the head will be overbiased and layers deeper in the coating with be underbiased. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1650 |
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