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   heuristic

   /hjʊəˈrɪstɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. enabling someone to discover or learn something for themselves: "a ‘hands-on’ or interactive heuristic approach to learning"
   • ▪ proceeding to a solution by trial and error or by rules that are only loosely defined.

   noun

   • 1. a heuristic process or method.
   • ▪ the study and use of heuristic techniques.

   Word Origin late 18th century: from modern Latin heuristicus, formed irregularly from Greek heuriskein ‘find’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. heuristically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

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