[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

personal \per"sonal\ p~er"su^nal, a. l. personalis: cf.
   f. personnel.
   1. pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
      1913 webster

            every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                  --hooker.
      1913 webster

   2. of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
      affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
      peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
      general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
      1913 webster

            the words are conditional, -- if thou doest well, --
            and so personal to cain.              --locke.
      1913 webster

   3. pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
      corporeal; as, personal charms. --addison.
      1913 webster

   4. done in person; without the intervention of another.
      "personal communication." --fabyan.
      1913 webster

            the immediate and personal speaking of god. --white.
      1913 webster

   5. relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
      motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
      manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
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   6. gram. denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
      1913 webster

   personal action law, a suit or action by which a man
      claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
      or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
      to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
      goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.

   personal equation. astron. see under equation.

   personal estate or personal property law, movables;
      chattels; -- opposed to real estate or real property.
      it usually consists of things temporary and movable,
      including all subjects of property not of a freehold
      nature.

   personal identity metaph., the persistent and continuous
      unity of the individual person, which is attested by
      consciousness.

   personal pronoun gram., one of the pronouns i, thou,
      he, she, it, and their plurals.

   personal representatives law, the executors or
      administrators of a person deceased.

   personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
      rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
      private property.

   personal tithes. see under tithe.

   personal verb gram., a verb which is modified or
      inflected to correspond with the three persons.
      1913 webster
see also:
personal action personal equation equation personal estate personal property real estate 
real property personal identity personal pronoun i thou 
he she it personal representatives personal rights 
personal tithes tithe personal verb 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

equation \equa"tion\, n. l. aequatio an equalizing: cf. f.
   'equation equation. see equate.
   1. a making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.
      1913 webster

            again the golden day resumed its right,
            and ruled in just equation with the night. --rowe.
      1913 webster

   2. math. an expression of the condition of equality between
      two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign =
      being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a
      quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a
      transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a
      logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. astron. a quantity to be applied in computing the mean
      place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any
      one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken
      from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a
      mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as
      resulting from its actual and unequal motion.
      1913 webster

   absolute equation. see under absolute.

   equation box, or equational box, a system of differential
      gearing used in spinning machines for regulating the twist
      of the yarn. it resembles gearing used in equation clocks
      for showing apparent time.

   equation of the center astron., the difference between
      the place of a planet as supposed to move uniformly in a
      circle, and its place as moving in an ellipse.

   equations of condition math., equations formed for
      deducing the true values of certain quantities from others
      on which they depend, when different sets of the latter,
      as given by observation, would yield different values of
      the quantities sought, and the number of equations that
      may be found is greater than the number of unknown
      quantities.

   equation of a curve math., an equation which expresses
      the relation between the co"ordinates of every point in
      the curve.

   equation of equinoxes astron., the difference between the
      mean and apparent places of the equinox.

   equation of payments arith., the process of finding the
      mean time of payment of several sums due at different
      times.

   equation of time astron., the difference between mean and
      apparent time, or between the time of day indicated by the
      sun, and that by a perfect clock going uniformly all the
      year round.

   equation clock or equation watch, a timepiece made to
      exhibit the differences between mean solar and apparent
      solar time. --knight.

   normal equation. see under normal.

   personal equation astron., the difference between an
      observed result and the true qualities or peculiarities in
      the observer; particularly the difference, in an average
      of a large number of observation, between the instant when
      an observer notes a phenomenon, as the transit of a star,
      and the assumed instant of its actual occurrence; or,
      relatively, the difference between these instants as noted
      by two observers. it is usually only a fraction of a
      second; -- sometimes applied loosely to differences of
      judgment or method occasioned by temperamental qualities
      of individuals.

   theory of equations math., the branch of algebra that
      treats of the properties of a single algebraic equation of
      any degree containing one unknown quantity.
      1913 webster
see also:
equate absolute equation absolute equation box equational box equation of the center 
equations of condition equation of a curve equation of equinoxes equation of payments equation of time 
equation clock equation watch normal equation normal personal equation 
theory of equations 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

personal equation
     n : variability attributable to individual differences

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