Definitions for trial and error
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1. trial and erroradjective

   experimenting until a solution is found

2. trial-and-erroradjective

   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. trial-and-erroradjective

   relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory

   "they adopted a trial-and-error procedure"

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1. trial and errornoun

   The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until a way is found.

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1. Trial and error

   Trial and error is a fundamental method of problem solving. It is characterised by repeated, varied attempts which are continued until success, or until the practicer stops trying. According to W.H. Thorpe, the term was devised by C. Lloyd Morgan (1852–1936) after trying out similar phrases "trial and failure" and "trial and practice". Under Morgan's Canon, animal behaviour should be explained in the simplest possible way. Where behaviour seems to imply higher mental processes, it might be explained by trial-and-error learning. An example is the skillful way in which his terrier Tony opened the garden gate, easily misunderstood as an insightful act by someone seeing the final behaviour. Lloyd Morgan, however, had watched and recorded the series of approximations by which the dog had gradually learned the response, and could demonstrate that no insight was required to explain it. Edward Lee Thorndike was the initiator of the theory of trial and error learning based on the findings he showed how to manage a trial-and-error experiment in the laboratory. In his famous experiment, a cat was placed in a series of puzzle boxes in order to study the law of effect in learning. He plotted learning curves which recorded the timing for each trial. Thorndike's key observation was that learning was promoted by positive results, which was later refined and extended by B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning. Trial and error is also a heuristic method of problem solving, repair, tuning, or obtaining knowledge. In the field of computer science, the method is called generate and test (Brute force). In elementary algebra, when solving equations, it is guess and check. This approach can be seen as one of the two basic approaches to problem solving, contrasted with an approach using insight and theory. However, there are intermediate methods which for example, use theory to guide the method, an approach known as guided empiricism. This way of thinking has become a mainstay of Karl Popper's falsificationist methodology in philosophy of science.

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1. trial and error

   Trial and error is a problem-solving method in which multiple attempts are made to reach a solution. It is characterized by repeated, varied attempts to solve a problem until success is achieved. It often involves changing one's approach or strategy after each unsuccessful attempt, learning from previous mistakes to get closer to the desired outcome. This method is commonly used when there is no specific formula or predefined method to solve a problem.

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1. Trial and error

   Trial and error is a fundamental method of solving problems. It is characterised by repeated, varied attempts which are continued until success, or until the agent stops trying. It is an unsystematic method which does not employ insight, theory or organised methodology. According to W.H. Thorpe, the term was devised by C. Lloyd Morgan after trying out similar phrases "trial and failure" and "trial and practice". Under Morgan's canon, animal behaviour should be explained in the simplest possible way. Where behaviour seems to imply higher mental processes, it might be explained by trial and error learning. An example is the skilful way in which his terrier Tony opened the garden gate, easily misunderstood as an insightful act by someone seeing the final behaviour. Lloyd Morgan, however, had watched and recorded the series of approximations by which the dog had gradually learned the response, and could demonstrate that no insight was required to explain it. Edward Thorndike showed how to manage a trial and error experiment in the laboratory. In his famous experiment, a cat was placed in a series of puzzle boxes in order to study the law of effect in learning. He plotted learning curves which recorded the timing for each trial. Thorndike's key observation was that learning was promoted by positive results, which was later refined and extended by B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trial and error in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trial and error in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of trial and error in a Sentence

1. Marc Hagan-Guirey:

   These are the product of a lot of patience and a lot of trial and error, for me, though, I link this back to my childhood. I've always made things out of stuff you'd otherwise put in the bin. My currency was toilet roll tubes and cereal boxes. I would make fortresses for my action figures out all sorts of things. Cleaned out tin cans with both ends opened made perfect sewer pipes for Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle action figures.

2. Laura Jaworski:

   Trial and error is Creativity's way of prolonging the fun.

3. Woody Haldrugold:

   If you apply the "Trial and Error" method to most of your work, the gorillas can do it better. The human mind must be more than that.

4. Jessica Cox:

   I had numerous flight instructors and contributors to my training to figure this out, so, it was a three-year process to figure out through trial and error what would work.

5. Georg Riedel:

   What we do is – by trial and error, with the help of the winemaker – fine-tune the shape to the expression he likes, we feel like architects. An architect has his own vision, but at the end of the day it’s the customer who tells him how his house or his apartment will be built.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trial and error
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trial_and_Error
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_and_Error
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=trial and error