trial and error
Noun

trial and error (uncountable)

  1. The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until a way is found.
    Navigating by trial and error may get you there eventually, but using a map is faster.
    • 9 October 2018, A. A. Dowd, AV Club The star and director of La La Land reunite for First Man’s spectacular trip to the moon
      Trial and error was a big part of the process: “We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there,” Armstrong insists, though even some of the mistakes and malfunctions at ground level cause devastating casualties.
Translations
  • French: tâtonnement
  • German: trial and error, Versuch und Irrtum
  • Italian: prove ed errori, tentativi ed errori
  • Portuguese: tentativa e erro
  • Russian: ме́тод проб и оши́бок
  • Spanish: ensayo y error, tanteo



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