APPLICATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does applicator mean? 

• APPLICATOR (noun)
  The noun APPLICATOR has 1 sense:

1. a device for applying a substance

  Familiarity information: APPLICATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPLICATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device for applying a substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

applicator; applier

Hypernyms ("applicator" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "applicator"):

flux applicator (an applicator for applying flux (as in soldering))

paintbrush (a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint))

spray gun (an applicator resembling a gun for applying liquid substances (as paint) in the form of a spray)

 Context examples 

The test is administered by pressing the antigen heads of the Multitest applicator firmly onto the volar surface of the lower arm.

(Cell-Mediated Immunity Multitest, NCI Thesaurus)

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a full applicator.

(Applicatorful Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

The applicator may be part of the tube closure or be separate.

(Applicator Tube, NCI Thesaurus)

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a single applicator.

(Applicator Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

An internal radiation treatment technique in which a curved, hollow applicator with a rounded reservoir at the tip is inserted into the uterus or cervix and then injected with radioactive sources for the treatment of gynecological cancers.

(Fletcher-suit Brachytherapy, NCI Thesaurus)

A tube which is provided with a device (the applicator) for administering the dosage form.

(Applicator Tube, NCI Thesaurus)