trial-and-error procedure
1trial-and-error — adjective 1. 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 • Similar to: ↑empirical, ↑empiric 2. relating to… …
2trial — noun 1 in a court of law ADJECTIVE ▪ fair, unfair ▪ The men claim they did not receive a fair trial. ▪ full ▪ criminal ▪ …
3trial — n 1. hearing, inquisition, inquiry; investigation, examination, review, scrutiny; study, analysis. 2. experimentation, trial and error, hit and miss, process of elimination; test procedure, operation, Inf. pilot. 3. attempt, effort, essay,… …
4error — er·ror n: an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done procedural error s; esp: a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case to… …
5Trial of Louis Riel — The Trial of Louis Riel was arguably the most famous trial in the history of Canada. In 1885 Louis Riel had been a leader of a resistance movement by the Métis and First Nations people of western Canada against the Canadian government in what is… …
6List of U.S. Marine Corps acronyms and expressions — This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps. Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or… …
7List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions — This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps. Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or… …
8cut-and-try — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : marked by experimental procedure : empirical there were no analytical procedures to help him, but although he had to work by cut and try methods, he tried C.E.Waters * * * /kut n truy /, adj. marked by a procedure of… …
9Enlightenment I (The French): science, materialism and determinism — The French Enlightenment I: science, materialism and determinism Peter Jimack The French Enlightenment is not just a convenient label devised by historians of philosophy, and the thinkers to be discussed in this chapter and the next were for the… …
10Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes — George Molland Early in the nineteenth century John Playfair wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica a long article entitled ‘Dissertation; exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematics and Physical Science, since the Revival of Letters …
