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Definition of Application

Application The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. The thing applied. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. 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. 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. The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application. The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study. The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery. A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file. Related Definitions: Accomplish, Act, Agreement, Algebra, An, And, Another, Application, Applied, Applying, Are, As, Assiduous, Attention, Before, Being, By, Capacity, Case, Chancery, Close, Closely, Containing, Correspondence, Court, Directing, Disagreement, Discourse, Discover, Diseased, Document, Down, Effort, Employment, End, Enlarging, Fable, File, Fitness, Fixing, For, General, Geometry, He, Health, Hence, His, Illustrate, Illustrated, In, Injure, Laid, Laying, Leave, Limb, Literal, Made, Make, Making, Mind, Moral, Of, Office, On, One, Or, Part, Particular, Perfecting, Placed, Practical, Practically, Purpose, Referring, Relevancy, Remark, Request, Rule, Science, Self, Sense, Sermon, Soliciting, Something, Specific, Study, That, The, Theory, Thing, To, Use, Used, Was, Which, You

Application Quotations A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. Peter Drucker There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Well, I think, unfortunately, the application of the system sometimes is not fair. I think that's something that we have to work out - work at very, very, very hard. Judge M. Lane Adultery is the application of democracy to love. H. L. Mencken

Application Translations application in Dutch is aanwending, toepassing application in French is mise en practique, sollicitation application in German is Anwendung {f}, Bewerbung {f}, Verwendung {f} application in Italian is proposta

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