Trial
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
- 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.
- The Trial is a novel by Franz Kafka.
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