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 Definitions of trial and error  [ˈtraɪ əl]  

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Definition of 'trial and error' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) trial and error
experimentation or investigation in which various means are tried and faulty ones eliminated in order to find the correct solution or achieve the desired result.

Etymology:  (1800–10)

Definition of 'trial and error' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) trial and error
experimenting until a solution is found

2. (adj) trial-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"

3. (adj) trial-and-error
relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory
"they adopted a trial-and-error procedure"


Translation of 'trial and error' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the trying of various methods, alternatives etc until the right one happens to appear or be found
They didn't know how to put in a central-heating system, but they managed it by trial and error.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: probeer Arabic flag Arabic: التَجْرِبَه والخَطَأ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: опитване на различни мето
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tentativa e erro Czech flag Czech: zkoušení German flag German: alles Mögliche ausprobier
Danish flag Danish: (ved) at prøve sig frem Greek flag Greek: δοκιμάζοντας και διορθώνο Spanish flag Spanish: tanteo, método experiment
Estonian flag Estonian: katse ja eksimise meetod Farsi flag Farsi: آزمون و خطا Finnish flag Finnish: yritys ja erehdys
French flag French: tâtonnements Hebrew flag Hebrew: נִיסוּי וּטעִייָה Hindi flag Hindi: परीक्षण प्रणाली
Croatian flag Croatian: pokušaj i pogreška Hungarian flag Hungarian: fokozatos megközelítés (m Indonesian flag Indonesian: mencoba-coba
Icelandic flag Icelandic: leitaraðferð, útilokunara Italian flag Italian: tentativi Japanese flag Japanese: 施行錯誤
Korean flag Korean: 시행착오 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bandymas, kol išeina Latvian flag Latvian: izslēgšanas (atlases) met
Malay flag Malay: cuba-cuba Dutch flag Dutch: met vallen en opstaan Norwegian flag Norwegian: prøving og feiling
Polish flag Polish: metoda prób i błędów Persian flag Persian: آزمون و خطا Pashto flag Pashto: ازمون اوخطا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tentativas Romanian flag Romanian: încercări suc­ce­sive Russian flag Russian: методом проб и ошибок
Slovak flag Slovak: skúšobná metóda, experime Slovenian flag Slovenian: preizkušanje Serbian flag Serbian: pokušaj i greška
Swedish flag Swedish: [klara ngt genom att] prö Thai flag Thai: การลองผิดลองถูก Turkish flag Turkish: sınama yanılma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 反覆試驗,嘗試錯誤法,不斷摸索 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: метод проб и помилок Urdu flag Urdu: مختلف طريقوں سے جانچنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phương pháp thử và sai Chinese flag Chinese: 反复试验,尝试法(从失败中找到解决办法)

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