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noun
Heuristic  n.  
1.
A heuristic method; a specific heuristic procedure.
2.
A theory or approach which serves to promote discovery or learning by encouraging experimentation.





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"Heuristic" Quotes from Famous Books



... definite mathematical condition that the theory of relativity demands of a natural law, and in virtue of this, the theory becomes a valuable heuristic aid in the search for general laws of nature. If a general law of nature were to be found which did not satisfy this condition, then at least one of the two fundamental assumptions of the theory would have been disproved. Let us now examine what general results the latter ...
— Relativity: The Special and General Theory • Albert Einstein


Words linked to "Heuristic" :   rule, trial-and-error, heuristic rule, heuristic program, lateral thinking


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