Overview of noun trial-and-error

The noun trial and error has 1 sense

• trial and error -- (experimenting until a solution is found)

Overview of adj trial-and-error

The adj trial-and-error has 2 senses

• 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")


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