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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Application \Ap'pli*ca"tion\, noun [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.
5. 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.
6. The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
7. 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.
Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater. --J. Jay.
8. The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
9. A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
application
noun
1: a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline for applications"
2: the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis" [syn: {practical application}]
3: a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications" [syn: {application program}, {applications programme}]
4: the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint"; [syn: {coating}, {covering}]
5: liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin" [syn: {lotion}]
6: a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application" [syn: {diligence}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
232 Moby Thesaurus words for "application": Ace bandage, Band-Aid, absorbed attention, absorption, accounting for, active use, address, adhesive tape, administration, answerability, appeal, appliance, applicability, applying, appositeness, ardor, arrogation, ascription, asking, assiduity, assiduousness, assignation, assignment, attachment, attention, attribution, band, bandage, bandaging, bearing, bestowal, binder, blame, boning, brace, brainwork, bulldog tenacity, busyness, cast, cataplasm, charge, claim, commitment, compress, concentration, concern, concernment, connection, connection with, conning, consideration, constancy, consumption, contemplation, cotton, court plaster, cram, cramming, cravat, credit, debate, dedication, deep study, deep thought, deliberation, demand, derivation from, desire, devotion, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, dosage, dosing, dressing, drill, effort, elastic bandage, employ, employment, endurance, energeticalness, energy, enforcing, engagement, engrossment, entreaty, epithem, etiology, exercise, exercising, exertion, expressed desire, extensive study, fervor, fidelity, forcing, forcing on, four-tailed bandage, gauze, germaneness, giving, good use, grind, grinding, hard usage, hard use, headwork, heed, honor, ill use, immersion, impetration, imploration, imprecation, imputation, indefatigability, indent, industriousness, industry, insistence, insistency, inspection, intentness, interest, involvement, laboriousness, lint, loyalty, lucubration, materiality, meditation, mental labor, meting out, misuse, monomania, obsession, obstinacy, operation, orison, palaetiology, patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pertinence, perusal, petition, placement, plaster, plaster cast, plea, pledget, plodding, plugging, poultice, practice, preoccupation, prescribing, profound thought, rapt attention, reading, reference, reference to, regard, relatedness, relentlessness, relevance, request, requisition, resolution, respect, responsibility, restudy, restudying, review, roller, roller bandage, rough usage, rubber bandage, saddling, sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, sling, slogging, solicitation, splint, sponge, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, strenuousness, stubbornness, studiousness, study, studying, stupe, subject, submersion, suit, supplication, swotting, tampon, tape, tenaciousness, tenacity, tent, tirelessness, tourniquet, triangular bandage, unremittingness, unsparingness, unswerving attention, usage, use, using up, utilization, vehemence, wide reading, wish, wrong use, zeal, zealousness
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
application
1. {application program}. 2. {function application}.
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