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sklon — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  • cacoethes noun Compulsion; mania.
  • camber noun A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
  • cant noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
  • gradient noun The steepness or slope of a road, hill, or surface.
  • inclination noun A tendency or preference to think or act in a certain way.
  • slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  • slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.
  • tendency noun A natural inclination to behave or happen in a particular way.

Senses

sklon is used for these senses in English:

  • bias (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
  • cacoethes (medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.
  • gradient A slope or incline.
  • inclination A physical tilt or bend.
  • inclination A slant or slope.
  • inclination A tendency.

bias — full definition

  1. noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  2. noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
  3. noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
  4. verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.

cacoethes — full definition

  1. noun Compulsion; mania.
  2. noun A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

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