personal equation
Americannoun
noun
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the variation or error in observation or judgment caused by individual characteristics
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the allowance made for such variation
Etymology
Origin of personal equation
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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There are experimentalists, like Picasso, and those who, like Braque, discover their personal equation and go on repeating it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Relations between the U.S. and Europe are complicated by the personal equation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bevis’s personal equation was a second too quick.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
The fact is that, with Dean Hole as with many others, the personal equation is operative.
From The Best Psychic Stories by Various
Her husband had the wisdom to recognise that; although his own happiness was at stake, the matter was beyond the restricted sphere of the personal equation.
From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.
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