Definition of By trial and error

1. Adverb. In an empirical manner. "This can be empirically tested"


Lexicographical Neighbors of By Trial And Error

by the Grace of God
by the book
by the by
by the bye
by the day
by the ears
by the hour
by the looks of things
by the numbers
by the piece
by the same token
by the skin of one's teeth
by the time
by the way
by trade
by trial and error (current term)
by turns
by virtue of
by walking
by way of
by word of mouth
by your leave
by your leaves
byard
byards
bybidder
bybidders
byblow
byblows
bycatch

Literary usage of By trial and error

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book in the Principles of Education by Ernest Norton Henderson (1910)
"Learning as a process of inner reorganization Replacement of outer by inner selection CHAPTER VII LEARNING by trial and error SECTION 23. ..."

2. Personnel Relations in Industry by Algie Martin Simons (1921)
"CHAPTER VI MENTAL AND TRADE TESTS Testing Ability by Trial and Error Ability to produce is what is sought in selecting and adjusting the human as well as ..."

3. Experiments in Educational Psychology by Daniel Starch (1917)
"by trial and error, that is, by making random attempts until by chance some attempts are successful. b. By imitation, that is, by observing the performance ..."

4. The Next Step: A Plan for Economic World Federation by Scott Nearing (1922)
"Trying Things Out A SOCIETY, like the individuals of which it is composed, learns first by trial and error. The earliest lessons that the human race ..."

5. Contributions to the Study of the Behavior of Lower Organisms by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1904)
"The most important step in advance is that shown when the results of one reaction by trial and error become the basis for a succeeding reaction. ..."

6. An Introduction to Experimental Psychology in Relation to Education by Charles Wilfred Valentine (1916)
"The experiment in mirror drawing illustrates what is perhaps the most fundamental and elementary method of learning, viz, learning by trial and error, or, ..."

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