applied
Americanadjective
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having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (theoretical,pure ).
applied mathematics; applied science.
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of or relating to those arts or crafts that have a primarily utilitarian function, or to the designs and decorations used in these arts.
Her goal was to integrate aesthetics into everyday life through an applied art, particularly with her hand-painted dinner plates.
adjective
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- unapplied adjective
- well-applied adjective
Etymology
Origin of applied
Example Sentences
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They applied pressure to wounds, offered comfort, shielded strangers with their own bodies and risked their lives to stop the shooters.
They also applied drugs that selectively block certain molecular sensors, making it possible to pinpoint which ion channels were active in each type of neuron.
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When FAIR-Path was applied to the tested models, diagnostic disparities dropped by about 88 percent.
From Science Daily
“It was really never applied, because it’s such a weird provision,” said Michael McDonald, a former U.S.
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