Course Glossary

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Here are some words that you should be familiar with for this course.

Unless otherwise noted, definitions from Wiktionary. CC BY SA

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Bias

A tendency to believe something.

Noun

bias (countable and uncountable, plural biases or biasses)

  1. (countable, uncountable) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference,predilection
    • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.
      nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much
    • John Locke
      Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions.

Bioengineering

Altering the natural order of biological processes.

Noun

bioengineering (uncountable)

  1. The applications of the principles of engineering to any of the biological or medical sciences