application

n. act of applying; request; implementation; persistence, diligence; (Computer) computer program designed to perform a specific task for a user or other application (e.g. word processor, spreadsheet, Web browser, etc.); preparation that soothes when applied to the skin, prepartion that has antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

Application may refer to:Application software, in computingApplication layer, in computer networks, used in describing a type of networking protocolsApplication serverApplication form, including a college application
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n. application, appliance

(n.)
The thing applied.
  

(n.)
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
  

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The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
  

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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.
  

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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.
  

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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
  

(n.)
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
  

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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.
  

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A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
  

noun
(a) asking for a job (usually in writing); if you are applying for the job, you must fill in an application form
(b) putting a substance on; two applications of the lotion should be made each day