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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024heu•ris•tic /hyʊˈrɪstɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error, and not by relying on rules or formulas:a heuristic teaching method.
n. [countable] - a heuristic method or argument.
heu•ris•ti•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024heu•ris•tic (hyŏŏ ris′tik or, often, yŏŏ-),USA pronunciation adj. - serving to indicate or point out;
stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation. - encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error:a heuristic teaching method.
- of, pertaining to, or based on experimentation, evaluation, or trial-and-error methods.
- Computing, Mathematicspertaining to a trial-and-error method of problem solving used when an algorithmic approach is impractical.
n. - a heuristic method of argument.
- the study of heuristic procedure.
- Neo-Latin heuristicus, equivalent. to Greek heur(ískein) to find out, discover + Latin -isticus -istic
- 1815–25
heu•ris′ti•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: heuristic /hjʊəˈrɪstɪk/ adj - helping to learn; guiding in discovery or investigation
- (of a method of teaching) allowing pupils to learn things for themselves
- using or obtained by exploration of possibilities rather than by following set rules
- denoting a rule of thumb for solving a problem without the exhaustive application of an algorithm: a heuristic solution
n - (plural) the science of heuristic procedure
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin heuristicus, from Greek heuriskein to discoverheuˈristically adv |