vinouttaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
• garble verb To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
• shear verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.
• skew verb To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

Senses

vinouttaa is used for these senses in English:

• bias (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
• garble To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
• shear (mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
• skew (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
• skew (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
• skew (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.

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.

garble — full definition

1. verb To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
2. verb To make false by mutilation or addition.
3. verb To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
4. verb To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.

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