Usually means: Simplified methods for problem-solving.
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  1. heuristics: Merriam-Webster
  2. heuristics: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heuristics: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heuristics: Vocabulary.com
  5. Heuristics, heuristics: Wordnik
  6. heuristics: Wiktionary
  7. heuristics: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. heuristics: Dictionary.com
  9. Heuristics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. heuristics: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. heuristics: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. heuristics: Netlingo
  2. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  3. heuristics: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heuristics: Medical dictionary

(Note: See heuristic as well.)

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noun:  The study of heuristic methods and principles.
noun:  Heuristic methods and approaches considered collectively.
noun:  (psychology, by extension) Simple, efficient rules which people often use to form judgments and make decisions.
noun:  (engineering, by extension) Experience-based methods used to reduce the need for calculations pertaining to equipment size, performance, or operating conditions.

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