| 单词 | personal equation |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspersonal equation personal equation n. [after German Personal-Gleichung (F. W. Bessel, 1822)] the correction required in scientific observations (originally in astronomy) to compensate for the habitual inaccuracy of an individual observer; (in extended use) the component of a situation which relates to or arises from an individual's personal qualities. ΚΠ 1841 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 14 May 113 Each observer is made to determine his own horizontal point, some slight disagreement between the results of different observers, similar to what in transit observing is called personal equation, having been recognised. 1881 N.Y. Nation 32 430 The scientific genealogists of the more advanced school, who settle the problem off-hand, often in accordance with their personal equation. 1960 F. G. Mann & B. C. Saunders Pract. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) iv. 436 The precise value of the constant depends largely on the ‘personal equation’ of the observer. 1993 R. Foley Working without Net i. 11 The aim is..for juries..to use the views of ordinary members of the community to generate a standard that ‘eliminates the personal equation’. < as lemmas |
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