The Collaborative International Dictionary
Applicate ordinate
Applicate \Ap"pli*cate\, a. [L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare. See Apply.] Applied or put to some use.
Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man
over the elements.
--I. Taylor.
Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case.
Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.