cut-and-try
[kuht-n-trahy]
- marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
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Origin of cut-and-try
First recorded in 1900–05
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And the physical sciences were deciphered only slowly, by a process of cut-and-try and cut-and-try again.
Dead GiveawayGordon Randall Garrett
And, time after time, only cut-and-try methods were available for correcting his errors.
Anything You Can Do ...Gordon Randall Garrett
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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