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A trial is, in the most general sense, a test, usually a test to see whether something does or does not meet a given standard.

In law, a trial is the presentation of information in a formal setting, usually a court, with the object of determining whether or not a person (or entity, such as a corporation) has broken a law. See, e.g., jury trial, Trial by ordeal.

In science, a trial is the result of a given run of a given experiment, with the usual object of testing a scientific hypothesis. Multiple trials are usually run, when possible, for an experiment, in order to offset the effects of random error.

In probability mathematics, a trial is an action that results in one of a number of outcomes or elementary events.

In motorcycle racing, trial is a kind of competition.

In linguistics, trial refers to trial grammatical number, a grammatical form which signifies that there are three of something. See also dual grammatical number.

The Trial is a novel by Franz KafkaFranz Kafka ( July 3, 1883 in Prague June 3, 1924 in Vienna) was one of the major German language writers of the 20th century most of whose work was published posthumously. His unique body of writing continues to challenge critics, and attempts to classif.

See also: trial and errorTrial and error is a method for obtaining knowledge, both propositional knowledge and know-how. In trial and error, one tries an option to see if it works. If it works, then we have a solution. If it doesn't work there is an error then one tries another o

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