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personal equation

American  

noun

  1. the tendency to personal bias that accounts for variation in interpretation or approach and for which allowance must be made.


personal equation British  

noun

  1. the variation or error in observation or judgment caused by individual characteristics

  2. the allowance made for such variation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of personal equation

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

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The young man danced-walked up to another Black person several feet away from me and shared his personal revelation again.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2025

Later though, the comedy dissipates as character after character experiences some personal revelation — complete with a maudlin monologue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023

But what I wasn’t able to do was inspiration, personal revelation.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

In telling her own story and the country’s, Wang has achieved a work of investigation, personal revelation, historical reckoning, and overarching political morality.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 9, 2019

Men who lead a solitary, self-contained life, like my brother, become introspective and ultra-sensitive, and face any intimate personal revelation with the utmost reluctance.

From The Moon Rock by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

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