personal equation

noun

Any error common to all the observations of some individual; any tendency to error or prejudice due to the personal characteristics of some person for which allowance must be made.

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Meanings

nounpersonal equation (plural personal equations)

plural personal equations

  1. Any error common to all the observations of some individual; any tendency to error or prejudice due to the personal characteristics of some person for which allowance must be made.
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