What is the meaning of trial-and-error?

adjective

  • Trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated.
    • usage: "he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution"
  • Relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory.
    • usage: "they adopted a trial-and-error procedure"
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