unblind

verb, adj — 5 senses

unblind

verb

Etymology From un- + blind.

1

Figuratively, Sometimes To free from blindness.

2

Business To remove the secrecy from (a bid).

3

Computing, Cryptography, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To convert (a blind signature) back to the unblinded state (as opposed to the blinded state).

4

To cause (experimenters) to learn information which, for the purposes of avoiding bias, was previously unknown to them, or should be unknown to them, such as the knowledge of which patients received a drug and which a placebo.

unblind

adj

Etymology From un- + blind.

1

Not blind.

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