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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |