The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apply \Ap*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied; p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.]
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
He said, and the sword his throat applied.
--Dryden. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
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To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.
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To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
Apply thine heart unto instruction.
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To direct or address. [R.]
Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto.
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To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
I applied myself to him for help.
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To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.]
She was skillful in applying his ``humors.''
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To visit. [Obs.]
And he applied each place so fast.
--Chapman.Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry.
Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.
Wiktionary
n. mathematics used to solve problems in other sciences such as physics, engineering or electronics, as opposed to pure mathematics.
WordNet
n. the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world [syn: applied math]
Wikipedia
Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that deals with mathematical methods that find use in science, engineering, business, computer science, and industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a combination of mathematical science and specialized knowledge. The term "applied mathematics" also describes the professional specialty in which mathematicians work on practical problems by formulating and studying mathematical models. In the past, practical applications have motivated the development of mathematical theories, which then became the subject of study in pure mathematics where abstract concepts are studied for their own sake. The activity of applied mathematics is thus intimately connected with research in pure mathematics.
Usage examples of "applied mathematics".
Graduating from Cambridge University in 1966 with an honours degree in biological sciences, he took a post at the University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, where he worked for seventeen years.
Fractals were around, in some form, for at least a century before Benoit Mandelbrot energetically promoted them and they developed into a major branch of applied mathematics.
Arnesson a chance to translate this crime into the realm of applied mathematics.
A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics, two volumes, by a fellow named George Shoobridge Garr.
But Nakamura, who heard from Steergard about the midnight argument between the pilot and DEUS, remarked that for what happened in reality one could always come up with a calculation, using tricks known to anyone who ever engaged in applied mathematics.
David received a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, with majors in Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing, and minors in philosophy and writing.
The Traders needed applied mathematics -- bookkeeping and accounting, astrogation, nucleonics for a hydrogen-fusion-powered n-ship.
Zakirov of the Institute of Applied Mathematics at the USSR Academy of Science.
He was enchanted, and he would have gone on for ever, if I had not mentioned Napier's bones, Gunter's scales - the applied mathematics of navigation - lunars - the necessary tables.
All my advisers and counselors told me to go into applied mathematics, so I did.
Her kinesthetic sense was acute, she could solve multi-unit three-dimensional vector intercepts in her head (as long as she didnt think about what she was doing), and none of that ability had shown up in her applied mathematics grades.
Her kinesthetic sense was acute, she could solve multiunit threedimensional vector intercepts in her head (as long as she didnt think about what she was doing), and none of that ability had shown up in her applied mathematics grades.