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Definition of heuristics noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

heuristics

noun

/hjʊəˈrɪstɪks/

/hjʊˈrɪstɪks/

[uncountable] (formal)

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a method of solving problems by finding practical ways of dealing with them, learning from past experience

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