applied

[ uh-plahyd ]

/ əˈplaɪd /

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adjective

having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical, opposed to pure): applied mathematics; applied science.

of or relating to those arts or crafts that have a primarily utilitarian function, or to the designs and decorations used in these arts.

Origin of applied

First recorded in 1490–1500; apply + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM applied

un·ap·plied, adjective well-ap·plied, adjective

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Young people flitting about in droves driven by insatiability and their peculiar disease, leisure and unapplied brains.

Under the Law |Edwina Stanton Babcock
But his training and his mental bias are both needed in public affairs, wherein the scientific method is too often unapplied.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900 |Various
Unapplied, the most sovereign remedy is useless, for then not even Gilead's balm, can heal the dire disease.

Jesus, The Messiah; or, the Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in the New Testament Scriptures |(A Lady) Anonymous
A little instruction well given and well applied is worth any amount of "stuff" poorly done and unapplied.

Rural Life and the Rural School |Joseph Kennedy

Meanwhile, however, it may happen that the yet unapplied and unfruitful results evoke a sneer, and the question: "Cui bono?"

Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 |Various

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applied

/ (əˈplaɪd) /

adjective

related to or put to practical use applied mathematics Compare pure (def. 5)

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adjective

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applied

adjective

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