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PRACTICAL APPLICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does practical application mean? 

PRACTICAL APPLICATION (noun)
  The noun PRACTICAL APPLICATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purposeplay

  Familiarity information: PRACTICAL APPLICATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRACTICAL APPLICATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

application; practical application

Context example:

a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis

Hypernyms ("practical application" is a kind of...):

employment; exercise; usage; use; utilisation; utilization (the act of using)

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

misapplication (wrong use or application)

technology (the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment)


 Context examples 


Performance of a practical work or of something involving the practical application of principles or processes that is not otherwise specified.

(Operation, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

Performance of a practical work or of something involving the practical application of principles or processes.

(Operation, NCI Thesaurus)

The practical application of physical, mechanical, and mathematical principles.

(Engineering, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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