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trial and error

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Definitions
noun

experimenting until a solution is found

adjective

relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory

“they adopted a trial-and-error procedure”

adjective

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”

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