[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

heuristic \heuris"tic\ h-uri^s"ti^k, a. gr.
   e"yri`skein to discover.
   1. serving to promote discovery or learning; -- used
      especially of thories or paradigms which stimulate new
      ideas for discovering facts in experimental sciences.
      1913 webster +pjc

   2. serving to stimulate people to learn and discover on their
      own, especially by encouraging experimental and
      trial-and-error methods for solving problems.
      pjc

   3. pertaining to or based on trial-and-error and experimental
      methods of learning and evaluation.
      pjc

   4. computers based on the use of an efficient trial-and
      error method to search a space of possible solutions to a
      problem, or to find an acceptable approximate solution,
      when an exact algorithmic method is unavailable or too
      time-consuming.
      pjc

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

heuristic \heuris"tic\ h-uri^s"ti^k, n.
   1. a heuristic method; a specific heuristic procedure.
      pjc

   2. a theory or approach which serves to promote discovery or
      learning by encouraging experimentation.
      pjc

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

heuristic
     adj : of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves
           to guide investigation ant: algorithmic
     n : a commonsense rule or set of rules intended to increase
         the probability of solving some problem syn: heuristic
         rule, heuristic program
see also:
algorithmic heuristic rule heuristic program 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 moby thesaurus words for "heuristic":
   analytic, cut-and-try, empirical, examinational, examinatorial,
   examining, experimental, explorational, explorative, exploratory,
   fact-finding, feeling, groping, hit-or-miss, indagative,
   inspectional, inspectorial, investigational, investigative,
   investigatory, pilot, probationary, probative, probatory, proving,
   provisional, tentative, test, testing, trial, trial-and-error,
   trying, verificatory, zetetic

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

heuristic
     
        1.  a rule of thumb, simplification, or educated
        guess that reduces or limits the search for solutions in
        domains that are difficult and poorly understood.  unlike
        algorithms, heuristics do not guarantee optimal, or even
        feasible, solutions and are often used with no theoretical
        guarantee.
     
        2.  approximation algorithm.
     
        2001-04-12
     
     
see also:
algorithms feasible approximation algorithm 

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