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heu·ris·tic
 (hy  -r  s  t k)
KEY
ADJECTIVE:
- Of or relating to a usually speculative formulation serving as a guide in the investigation or solution of a problem:
"The historian discovers the past by the judicious use of such a heuristic device as the 'ideal type'"
(Karl J. Weintraub).
- Of or constituting an educational method in which learning takes place through discoveries that result from investigations made by the student.
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Computer Science
Relating to or using a problem-solving technique in which the most appropriate solution of several found by alternative methods is selected at successive stages of a program for use in the next step of the program.
NOUN:
- A heuristic method or process.
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heuristics
(used with a sing. verb) The study and application of heuristic methods and processes.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek heuriskein, to find
OTHER FORMS:
heu·risti·cal·ly
(Adverb)
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