Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In a heuristic manner; by using a heuristic method; by serving as a heuristic method.
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- adverb in a
heuristic manner
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Examples
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The solution: DPI devices must watch for a particular exchange of data that occurs when Skype users initiate a voice chat each time you contact someone using Skype, the seemingly random initial burst of packet exchanges follow a common pattern that can be heuristically identified and correlated with the Skype application (Bonfiglio et.al. 2007).
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The Arab uprisings have been heuristically useful: they have exposed a lack of intellectual preparation, a lack of historical imagination, a lack of moral aspiration, here at home.
Notable & Quotable 2011
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There is some interesting work on computer networks with heuristically optimal topology (HOT), which may shed light on the latter, evolutionary scenario.
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There is some interesting work on computer networks with heuristically optimal topology (HOT), which may shed light on the latter, evolutionary scenario.
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Olegt: There is some interesting work on computer networks with heuristically optimal topology (HOT), which may shed light on the latter, evolutionary scenario.
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This structure can best be heuristically visualized in the cubist art of Pablo Picasso and Diego Riviera.
Can a Really, Really Fast Spacecraft Turn Into A Black Hole? | Universe Today 2010
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Now, then, I heuristically and for good reasons, distinguish between Moral mechanisms (cognitive processes dedicated to moral reasoning), and Moral content (consequence of moral reasoning such as the Ten Commandments).
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John feels strongly about the scientific merit of the literature on the "authoritarian personality," whereas I'm agnostic, or at least heuristically suspicious.
May 2008 2008
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InBaynotea hit gets a better ranking based on the terms searched by others who were seemingly, (heuristically speaking) satisfied with a certain search result; aresult which matched their search term or phrase.
Search is hard – Google is truly gifted « Where Rasta Meets Pasta 2007
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InBaynotea hit gets a better ranking based on the terms searched by others who were seemingly, (heuristically speaking) satisfied with a certain search result; aresult which matched their search term or phrase.
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