Definition of Trial and error

1. Noun. Experimenting until a solution is found.

Generic synonyms: Experiment, Experimentation

Medical Definition of Trial and error

1. The apparently random, haphazard, hit-or-miss exploratory activity which often precedes the acquisition of new information or adjustments; it may be overt, as in a rat running in a maze, or covert (vicarious), as when one thinks of various ways of coping with a situation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trial And Error

Trialeurodes
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
trialism
trialisms
trialist
trialists
triality
trialkyltin compounds
triallate
trialled
trialling
trialogue
trialogues
trials
trial and error (current term)
trial and error (current term)
trial attorney
trial balance
trial balloon
trial base
trial by ordeal
trial case
trial court
trial denture
trial frame
trial impression
trial judge
trial lawyer
trial lenses
trial of labour

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