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Definition of Practical application
1. Noun. The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose. "A novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"
Generic synonyms: Employment, Exercise, Usage, Use, Utilisation, Utilization
Specialized synonyms: Misapplication, Engineering, Technology
Derivative terms: Apply, Apply, Apply, Apply
Lexicographical Neighbors of Practical Application
Literary usage of Practical application
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy, John Davy (1840)
"lamp, without stating, that in the practical application of my views I have ...
Extract from a Letter on the practical Application of the Hire-gauze ..."
2. Mind (1902)
"Ph.D. TWENTY-SEVEN LESSONS, GIVING The Principles of Spiritual Science; Relation
of Body and Mind, and practical application of Principles. ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"... and considers it the best form of local treatment for such conditions.
The practical application of the Salt-poor Diet.—STRAUSS (Ztschr. f. ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Nation 105: 637-8 N 16 '17 practical application of the social sciences. EC Bobbins.
School and Soc 4:845-50 D 2 '16 ..."
5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"One is to make an earnest appeal to the conscience upon the duty of simple and
sober living, but to leave the individual to make the practical application ..."
6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... that it is possible the expression of them went beyond the occasion, and that
the practical application of them to their full extent might not only have ..."
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