"heuristic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /hjuˈɹɪstɪk/, /hjʊˈɹɪstɪk/ Audio: en-us-heuristic.ogg [US] Forms: more heuristic [comparative], most heuristic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪstɪk Etymology: Irregular formation from Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find, discover”) (compare the proper Greek term εὑρετικός (heuretikós)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|εὑρίσκω||I find, discover}} Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find, discover”), {{m|grc|εὑρετικός}} εὑρετικός (heuretikós) Head templates: {{en-adj}} heuristic (comparative more heuristic, superlative most heuristic)
  1. (of an approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery) That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one.
    Sense id: en-heuristic-en-adj-GCU~2-oq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 35 14 1 2 19
  2. (computing, of a method or algorithm) That provides a useful, but not optimal, solution to a problem. Such algorithms are typically employed either because the only known algorithms that provide optimal solutions use too much time or resources, or else because there is no known algorithm that provides an optimal solution. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (in computing, that is not certain to arrive at an optimal solution): ευρετικός (evretikós) [masculine] (Greek), euristic (Occitan), heurístico (Portuguese), heurístico (Spanish), heuristisk (Swedish) Translations (relating to general strategies or methods for solving problems): إرشادي [masculine] (Arabic), евристичен (evrističen) (Bulgarian), heurístic (Catalan), heuristický [masculine] (Czech), heuristisk (Danish), heuristisch (Dutch), heŭristika (Esperanto), problemsolvila (Esperanto), heuristinen (Finnish), heuristique (French), ევრისტიკული (evrisṭiḳuli) (Georgian), heuristisch (German), ευρετικός (evretikós) [masculine] (Greek), heurisztikus (Hungarian), euristico (Italian), euristic (Occitan), heurystyka [feminine] (Polish), heurystyczny [adjective, masculine] (Polish), heurístico (Portuguese), euristic (Romanian), эвристи́ческий (evristíčeskij) (Russian), heurístico (Spanish), heuristisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-heuristic-en-adj-EbVcm7Yv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -istic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 35 14 1 2 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 42 19 1 1 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -istic: 22 37 18 2 6 15 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'in computing, that is not certain to arrive at an optimal solution': 31 63 6 Disambiguation of 'relating to general strategies or methods for solving problems': 29 41 30
  3. (of an argument) That reasons from the value of a method or principle that has been shown by experimental investigation to be a useful aid in learning, discovery and problem-solving.
    Sense id: en-heuristic-en-adj-fhRshTg1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 35 14 1 2 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: availability heuristic, Lin-Kernighan heuristic Derived forms: heuristical, heuristically, non-heuristic, semiheuristic Related terms: empiric, empirical, rule of thumb

Noun [English]

IPA: /hjuˈɹɪstɪk/, /hjʊˈɹɪstɪk/ Audio: en-us-heuristic.ogg [US] Forms: heuristics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪstɪk Etymology: Irregular formation from Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find, discover”) (compare the proper Greek term εὑρετικός (heuretikós)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|εὑρίσκω||I find, discover}} Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find, discover”), {{m|grc|εὑρετικός}} εὑρετικός (heuretikós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} heuristic (plural heuristics)
  1. A heuristic method. Translations (heuristic method, heuristics): heurística [feminine] (Catalan), 啟發法 (Chinese Mandarin), 启发法 (qǐfāfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), heuristika [feminine] (Czech), heuristik (Danish), heuristiek [feminine] (Dutch), heŭristiko (Esperanto), problemsolvilo (Esperanto), heuristika (Estonian), heuristiikka (Finnish), heuristique [feminine] (French), ევრისტიკა (evrisṭiḳa) (Georgian), Heuristik [feminine] (German), ευρετική (evretikí) [feminine] (Greek), יורסיטיקה (Hebrew), heurisztika (Hungarian), euristica [feminine] (Italian), ヒューリスティックス (hyūrisutikkusu) (Japanese), អធិគតវិជ្ជា (ak thi got vij jea) (Khmer), euristika (Lithuanian), euristica [feminine] (Occitan), heurystyka [feminine] (Polish), heurística [feminine] (Portuguese), эври́стика (evrístika) [feminine] (Russian), хеуристика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), heuristika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), heuristika [feminine] (Slovak), heurística [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-heuristic-en-noun-xIp4EShM Disambiguation of 'heuristic method, heuristics': 63 15 22
  2. The art of applying heuristic methods.
    Sense id: en-heuristic-en-noun-7rpL8Rem
  3. (computing) A heuristic algorithm or method. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-heuristic-en-noun-OuJk6UPY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 35 14 1 2 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: empiric, empirical, rule of thumb

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Alternative forms

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      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "euristica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyūrisutikkusu",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "word": "ヒューリスティックス"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ak thi got vij jea",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "word": "អធិគតវិជ្ជា"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "word": "euristika"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "euristica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heurystyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heurística"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "evrístika",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эври́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хеуристика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heuristika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heuristika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heuristic method, heuristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heurística"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "heuristic"
  ],
  "word": "heuristic"
}

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