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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

applicatus

, p. p. of

applicare

. See

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.

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Applicate ordinate

right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.

Verb.

To apply.

[Obs.]

The act of faith is

applicated

to the object.

Bp. Pearson.

Noun.

A right line drawn across a curve, so as to be bisected by the diameter; an ordinate.