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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. |
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The thing applied. |
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Application |
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. |
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Application |
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory. |
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Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry. |
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