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cut-and-try
[ kuht-n-trahy ]
adjective
- marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical:
Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cut-and-try1
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Example Sentences
And the physical sciences were deciphered only slowly, by a process of cut-and-try and cut-and-try again.
And, time after time, only cut-and-try methods were available for correcting his errors.
In connection with a graduated cross-feed screw this greatly facilitates the work over the usual cut-and-try method.
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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