Tobias village, Nebraska:
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Tobias village, Nebraska
Total households 65, total housing units: 77
Land area: 0.261480 square miles, water area 0.000000 miles
Latitude: NORTH 40.418426, longitude: EAST -97.33662
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Population:158, male 78 female 80
Races in Tobias village, Nebraska:
- White/Non-Hispanic (98.73%)
- Asian (0.63%): Korean(0.63%)
- Hispanic (0.63%)
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Bi"as (bī"as), n.; pl.
Biases (-&ebreve;z). [F. biasis, perh. fr. LL.
bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face. See Bi-,
and cf. Face.] 1. A weight on the side of the
ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which
turns it from a straight line.
Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within
the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away.
Sir W. Scott.
2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or
prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent;
bent; inclination.
Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts.
South.
Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to
all their actions.
Locke.
3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a
garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the
bias.
Syn. -- Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See
Bent.
Bi"as, a. 1. Inclined to
one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Bi"as, adv. In a slanting manner;
crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
Bi"as, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Biased (bī"ast); p. pr. & vb. n.
Biasing.] To incline to one side; to give a particular
direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should
it have biased any just critic in the counter direction.
De Quincey.
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