self-bias: Meaning and Definition of

self-bi•as

Pronunciation: (self"bī'us), [key]
— n. Electronics.
  1. voltage developed on an electrode in a vacuum tube circuit as a result of current flowing through a resistor in a lead to the cathode or to a grid.
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