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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'application' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'application' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Application \Ap`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See {Apply}.] 1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. 2. The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. --Johnson. 3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments. --Locke. 4. 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. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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application 1. {application program}. 2. {function application}. | |
