What's the difference between heuristic and weird?

Heuristic


Definition:

  • (a.) Serving to discover or find out.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two methods for diagnostic classification of the electrocardiogram are described: a heuristic one and a statistical one.
  • (2) Within the Theory of Dual Radiation Action, the heuristically useful function, gamma(chi), that two energy depositions, a distance chi apart, will result in observable damage can be written in terms of two more fundamental quantities: One, s(chi), describes the structure of the sensitive matrix of the cell.
  • (3) The immune alterations of Down's syndrome and those of infantile AIDS may be taken as heuristic examples in this sense.
  • (4) The authors point out the conceptual, heuristic, and practical clinical advantages of examining living preference rather than traditional correlates of hospital tenure.
  • (5) Use of the CGAS can be of heuristic value to complement other methods of diagnostic categorization.
  • (6) The generalization of the algorithm to reconstruct gene conversions and the possibility for heuristic versions of the algorithm for larger data sets are discussed.
  • (7) The clinical nurse specialists contributed many of the heuristics in the determination of self-care deficit as a nursing diagnosis.
  • (8) The present article suggests one means by which this may be achieved while still retaining the heuristic value of Matte Blanco's systems.
  • (9) A set of heuristics, employing information concerning nuclear hemoglobin content, is shown to discriminate nucleated erythrocytic cells from those of the leukocyte series.
  • (10) (i) knowledge about the processes of the system under investigation, expressed in terms of a Continuous System Simulation Language (CSSL); (ii) heuristic knowledge on how to reach the goals of the simulation experiment, expressed in terms of a Rule Description Language (RDL); and (iii) knowledge about the requirements of the intended users, expressed in terms of a User Interface Description Language (UIDL).
  • (11) In Duchenne muscular dystrophy the course of the different enzyme activities can be described by an heuristic mathematical formula (y = Ae-at + bte-ct).
  • (12) The starting points for energy minimizations were generated from the following two types of inputs: (a) the amino acid sequence and (b) the heuristic inputs, which were derived according to physical, chemical, and biological principles by piecing together all useful information available.
  • (13) Thirdly, neuropsychological-neurophysiological studies are "heuristic" fishing-expeditions to find a presumed abnormality to account for psychopathology, without doing the prospective longitudinal research necessary to validate such theory.
  • (14) Superficial knowledge level characterized by the intuitive reasoning from test results to diseases and deep knowledge level referring to the relations among the pathophysiologic states were stratified, and the heuristics based on the experiences at bed-side were incorporated in this knowledge representation.
  • (15) The heuristic models are equivalent to diffusion theory for diffuse incident light, but not for collimated incident light.
  • (16) While agreeing with Veatch's criticisms of unilateral ethical decision making by physicians, Kultgen argues that his contract model has only limited value--as a heuristic device for thinking about the principles underlying medical ethics--while conceptual difficulties preclude its serving to reconcile conflicting traditions in ethical theories or to achieve a consensus on a morally valid medical covenant.
  • (17) The use of a genetic marker as a heuristic diagnostic criterion in a subgroup of heredofamilial psychoses with unclear diagnostic boundaries is proposed.
  • (18) There were still quite a few Marxists at Oxford in those days – Terry Eagleton and his clique were seemingly bolted to the same table in the King’s Arms the entire time I  was an undergraduate – but while I was silly and naive enough to believe in the purifying, energising effects of violent revolution, I wasn’t obtuse enough to think of dialectical materialism as anything more than a powerful heuristic.
  • (19) A six-factor model provides a heuristic framework for understanding adherence behavior: (1) effective provider communication; (2) rapport with provider; (3) client's beliefs and attitudes; (4) client's social climate and norms; (5) behavioral intentions; and (6) supports for and barriers to adherence.
  • (20) The heuristics modify and link the explanations to make the physician aware of diagnostic complexities.

Weird


Definition:

  • (n.) Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.
  • (n.) A spell or charm.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
  • (v. t.) To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He gets Lyme disease , he dates indie girls and strippers; he lives in disused warehouses and crappy flats with weirded-out flatmates who want to set him on fire and buy the petrol to do so.
  • (2) It's not egotism, it's something else, a weird unshakeable belief.
  • (3) They were ravaged by injuries at that point, although Park and Rafael in the centre was weird.
  • (4) It is still weird that "arts and crafts" is in the same category as dolls.
  • (5) In Niki Savva’s book The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed Their Own Government, Credlin has even been compared to Wallis Simpson, a deeply weird analogy.
  • (6) "Weirdly, we sold it to lots of European countries where there's not only the issue about knowing who Steve and Rob are, but I assume all the impressions are slightly lost on them.
  • (7) Party conferences are always weird melanges of loyal door-knockers, lobbyists, journalists and parliamentarians enjoying a few days of stolen glamour.
  • (8) As Alice Ross of the FT points out: Alice Ross (@aliceemross) Weird that Hollande is talking about an exchange rate that matches "true state" of ezone economy.
  • (9) I don't have any weirdness about it, or any of them."
  • (10) Weirdly, the muffled Doppler effects of several thousand passing SUVs was quite soothing.
  • (11) "Brr, that was weird, but we were cheeky little kids.
  • (12) As the weirdly brilliant TV show Fashion Police – hosted by the late, great Joan Rivers, who, along with various randoms, passed judgment on clothes worn by celebrities that week – demonstrated, people have different takes on clothes.
  • (13) "If viewers think something is false or weird, that's when they reject it," says Gary Knight, commercial content director at ITV.
  • (14) Are the 'Set Piece' binders to stay like we are playing a weird version of American Football?'
  • (15) Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Marché du Film, the world's biggest movie market.
  • (16) They occupy that weird middle ground between anonymity and celebrity; they're from well-regarded restaurants, but they're not at the level where, say, James Martin can be obnoxious at them on Saturday Kitchen.
  • (17) They sat me in a chair and just shaved most of my hair off in weird concentric rings so I looked like a tonsured 14th-century monk who had had brain surgery.
  • (18) I know some people will think it's weird to be so organised but I did it last year for the first time, and I found it very relaxing to know I had everything wrapped up by the end of November.
  • (19) It’s all well and good standing in a gallery and stroking your chin, but if you cast your eyes to the left and summon the concentration it takes to read the little rectangle of artistic blurb next to it, all of that context and explanation really helps transform that weird bit of twisted wire your kid could make into something deep and primal pulled from the soul.
  • (20) Away from the violence and the weirdness, Korea supports a healthy contingent of award-winning auteurs, like Hong Sang-soo , Im Sang-soo or Lee Chang-dong.