Defn: A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments. Knight.
TENTATIVE
Ten*ta"tive, a. Etym: [L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif. See
Tempt.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
"A slow, tentative manner." Carlyle.
— Ten*ta"tive*ly, adv.
TENTATIVE
Ten*ta"tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tentative.]
Defn: An essay; a trial; an experiment. Berkley.
TENTED
Tent"ed, a.
Defn: Covered with tents.
TENTER
Ten"ter, n.
1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
2. (Mach.)