cut-and-try

[ kuht-n-trahy ]

adjective

1. marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical:

   Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cut-and-try¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

And the physical sciences were deciphered only slowly, by a process of cut-and-try and cut-and-try again.

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And, time after time, only cut-and-try methods were available for correcting his errors.

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In connection with a graduated cross-feed screw this greatly facilitates the work over the usual cut-and-try method.

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This method does away with the "cut-and-try" process, and will bring the finishing cut within 0.001 inch of the required size.

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