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Applicate

Applied or put to some use. Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. (i.

(Science: mathematics) Taylor) applicate number, 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.

Origin: L. Applicatus, p. P. Of applicare. See apply