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trial-and-error

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trial and error
n.
A method of reaching a correct solution or satisfactory result by trying out various means or theories until error is sufficiently reduced or eliminated.
trial-and-error (trl-n-rr, trl-) adj.
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Adj.1.trial-and-error - trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminatedtrial-and-error - trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated; "he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution"
empirical, empiric - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
2.trial-and-error - relating to solving problems by experience rather than theorytrial-and-error - relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory; "they adopted a trial-and-error procedure"
heuristic - of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation
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