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1. (adj.) heuristic
serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
2. heuristic
encouraging a person to learn, discover, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error:
a heuristic teaching method.
3. heuristic
pertaining to or based on experimentation, evaluation, or trial-and-error methods.
4. (n.) heuristic
a heuristic method or argument.
5. heuristic
the study of heuristic procedure.
Etymology: (1815–25; < NL heuristicus= Gk heur(ískein) to find out, discover + L -isticus -istic)
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1. (adj) heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program
a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
2. (adj) heuristic
of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Heuristic
serving to discover or find out
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