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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Relations between the U.S. and Europe are complicated by the personal equation.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are experimentalists, like Picasso, and those who, like Braque, discover their personal equation and go on repeating it.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is clearly brought out in contrast to non-scientific investigation, where personal equation counts for a great deal more.
From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Delton Loring Geyer
Bevis’s personal equation was a second too quick.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
Only through the lapse of time is the personal equation eliminated from the estimate of an author's relative proportion to the aggregate of his country's genius.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
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