What does biais in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word biais in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use biais in French.

The word biais in French means way, slant, bias strip, bias, sloping, sloped, slanting, slanted, bias, diagonally, going at a slant, askew, through, by way of , by means of. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word biais

way

nom masculin (soutenu (stratagème)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il a trouvé un biais pour échapper au procès.
He found a way of avoiding the trial.

slant

nom masculin (oblique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Impossible de rattraper le biais de ce mur.
It's impossible to correct the slant of this wall.

bias strip

nom masculin (morceau diagonal de tissu)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il te faudra du biais pour faire cette encolure.

bias

nom masculin (tissu : diagonale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tu devras couper une bande dans le biais pour réparer cet accroc.

sloping, sloped, slanting, slanted

adjectif (oblique)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La voûte de ce plafond est biaise.
That ceiling arch is sloping.

bias

nom masculin (résultat faussé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le mauvais échantillonnage introduit un biais dans l'étude statistique.
The poor sampling led to a bias in the statistical study.

diagonally

locution adverbiale (en diagonale)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Ce tableau est de biais, redresse-le.

going at a slant, askew

locution adverbiale (en biseau, en diagonale)

through

(via l'intervention de [qqn])

(preposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours.")
Vous rencontrerez le directeur par le biais de notre agent régional.

by way of , by means of

(grâce à [qch])

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
En cas d'urgence, ouvrir la porte par le biais du levier de sécurité.

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