Usually means: Experimenting until finding a solution.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word trial and error:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. trial and_error: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. trial and_error: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trial and_error: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. trial and_error: Collins English Dictionary
  5. trial-and-error, trial and_error: Vocabulary.com
  6. trial and_error: Wordnik
  7. trial and_error: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. trial and_error: Wiktionary
  9. trial and_error: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. trial and_error: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. trial-and-error, trial and_error: Dictionary.com
  12. Trial and_Error (TV series), Trial and Error, Trial-and-error, Trial and_error (disambiguation), Trial and error: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. trial-and-error, trial and_error: Rhymezone
  14. trial-and-error, trial and_error: Free Dictionary
  15. trial-and-error, trial and_error: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. trial-and-error, trial and_error: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. trial-and-error: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trial-and-error, trial and_error: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. trial-and-error: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trial-and-error, trial and_error: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trial and_error: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See trial_and_errors as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (trial and error)

noun:  The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until success is attained.

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