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Definition: Trial-and-error |
Trial-and-errorAdjective1. 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". 2. Relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory; "they adopted a trial-and-error procedure". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| "Trial-and-error" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 61.54% of the time. "Trial-and-error" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 61.54% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 38.46% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "trial-and-error"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 试验å'Œé"™è¯¯. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | trial-and-error-metode (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | methode met vallen en opstaan (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yrityksen ja erehdyksen menetelmä (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search), yrityksen ja erehdyksen hakumenetelmä (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | par approximations successives (by trial-and-error), méthode par tâtonnements (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Versuch-und-Irrtum-Verfahren (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search), Versuch-und-Irrtum-Methode (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search), Versuchs-und-Irrtums-Methode (trial-and-error method), "trial-and-error" Methode. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μÎθοδος δοκιμής-σφάλματος (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | per approssimazioni successive (by trial-and-error). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 예심 ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ê³¼ì‹¤. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ial-and-errortray método por tentativas (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search), método de acesso não autorizado por tentativas (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search). (various references) методом проб и ошибок (trial and error). (various references) método experimental (experimental method), búsqueda por tanteo (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search). (various references) trial-and-error (trial-and-error method, trial-and-error search). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-l-n-o-r-r-r-r-t" | |
-3 letters: arteriolar, railroader. | |
-4 letters: alienator, dealation, interlard, rationale, trainload. | |
-5 letters: adroiter, aeration, anterior, antidora, arointed, arterial, delation, dentalia, idolater, lariated, narrated, narrater, narrator, notarial, ordainer, ordinate, oriental, radiator, railroad, rational, rationed, relation, reordain, retailor, tailored, terraria, torrider, trinodal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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