appliedadj.
/əˈplʌɪd/, U.S. /əˈplaɪd/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective]
folden1435
doublea1475
appliedc1500
folded1570
reduplicated1599
redoubled1601
plicated1683
duplicated1741
plicate1760
doubled1860
enfolded1879
c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 367 The boteler..shall brynge forthe clenly dressed and fayre applyed Tabill-clothis.
c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 372 A longe towaile applyed dowble.
2.
a. Brought into or placed in effective contact; connected, attached; laid or spread on to a surface.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [adjective] > placed on or in contact with a surface
imposed1630
applied1642
1642 H. Ainsworth Orthodox Found. Relig. 53 The benefits and fruits wee have by his resurrection are these: 1 A full assurance and certainty of faith touching him. 2 Full satisfaction for us, as our surety, and our applied justification.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxv. 156 Where the place is thickest, there the splinters must be spread most, then the applied linnen will hold the better.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Band A band, or roller, when applied, becomes a bandage.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Linings, the reef-bands, leech and top linings, bunt-line cloths, and other applied pieces, to prevent the chafing of the sails.
1920 M. Moore Let. 11 June in Sel. Lett. (1997) 129 The newly applied calcimine and the plaster tableaux and virgins made me feel as if I were in a Roman Catholic emporium.
1940 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 50 766 (caption) A three quarter view of the applied dressing.
1991 Women's Day Best Ideas Winter 78/1 Finished with four coats of applied urethane, this no-wax floor will resist most household stains.
2002 Oxoniensia 66 378 Buckler's drawing..depicts a porch of classical design, comprising a round-headed doorway flanked by applied pilasters supporting a simple entablature.
b. Chiefly of a physical force or influence: brought to bear, made effective; acting at a point or place.
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1794 G. C. Morgan Lect. Elect. II. 442 They [sc. glass plates] are fastened to their support at the centre, but the applied pressure operates near the periphery.
1867 Proc. Royal Soc. 16 276 L is the moment of the applied force round the axis.
1902 Science 19 Sept. 457/1 In this case the applied pressure is gradually consumed by the resistance experienced by the current.
1930 Proc. IRE 18 2139 The applied electric field..is parallel to an X-axis.
1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun ii. 38 Knowing the applied voltage and the mass of the droplet, one can easily calculate the electric charge carried by the latter.
2003 S. Greenfield Tomorrow's People (2004) iii. 54 She also has..moving arms with motors configured as ‘virtual’ muscles to respond to changes in applied force.
c. Attached as appliqué; decorated with appliqué. Also, of decoration in ceramic material, glass, etc.: affixed, attached.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > other
paned1537
tufted1651
appliqué1793
gored1794
appliquéd1809
applied1880
hand-drawn1886
1880 E. Glaister Needlework iv. 37 Velvet does not bear applied work well.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 9/1 The various applied pieces are laid in position one at a time, and secured by being sewn down round their edges.
1884 A. H. Church Eng. Earthenware iii. 23 Wrotham ware..with its applied medallions and slip decorations.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 3/2 A lace applied collar.
1910 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. 15/2 Applied velvet.
1922 Lima (Ohio) News 29 Aug. 17/1 (advt.) Another name for Point de Gene–swiss net with applied fabric pattern is Irish Point.
1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 240/1 Rigaree trail, a process of glass-blowing in which applied threads of glass are attached to a vessel.
1962 Times 1 Dec. 11/7 Greater scope for pattern elaboration..was offered by applied patchwork.
1993 Antique Dealer Aug. 38/3 On each side of the grip is an applied gold wreath of laurel encircling a scene of a British man-of-war at sea.
2001 P. Cox & M. M. Gordon Amer. Quilt Classics (2004) 22 The major technique is appliqué, but in some places the applied white fabric has been cut away to reveal the background.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 8 Decoration consists of applied bosses and cordons, incised motifs, comb decoration, and finger tipping.
3.
a. Put to practical use; practical. Frequently in applied art (also applied arts), applied research, applied science (also applied sciences), applied technology.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adjective] > practically useful > put to practical use
applied1662
applicate1730
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > put to specific use > put or putting to practical use
applicatory?1555
applied1662
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > kinds of
philosophical?a1513
mixed1605
pure1605
occulta1652
applied1832
statistical1885
marine scientific1937
soft1966
1650 W. Charleton in tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenti Catarrhi To Rdr. sig. A3v My duty..is to give the impartial Reader the Reason, which perswaded me to exhibite my Explanation of Helmonts unfrequent, and new coyned, or new-applied Termes of Art, in Latine.]
1662 J. Gauden Disc. Artific. Beauty 216 In their applied sense or meaning.
1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xxxii. 307 The applied sciences derive their facts from experiment.
1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 341/2, 342/1 In the interior of these edifices and in the treasuries of the sacristies and of the Orujeinaya Palata we have seen examples of Russian decorative and applied art.
1912 A. Brazil New Girl at St. Chad's x. 152 One of her boys has turned out so clever that he has been sent to the Technical School to study ‘applied arts’.
1948 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 7 177 This building..is equipped generally with facilities for all types of basic and applied research in aerophysics, electronics, [etc.].
1977 B. Ash Visual Encycl. Sci. Fiction (1978) 248/2 The reader who was already able to see around him the growing benefits of the applied use of science.
1992 New Scientist 25 Apr. 43/1 This is The Magic. Disneyland is, therefore, seriously applied technology.
2002 F. Close et al. Particle Odyssey iii. 36 Electronics, in fact, is defined as the applied science of the controlled motion of electrons.
b. Designating a discipline, or that part of a subject, concerned with the use of specialist or theoretical knowledge in practical or functional contexts, as applied biology, applied chemistry (see chemistry n. 3), applied economics, applied kinesiology (see kinesiology n. Additions 2), etc. Also: designating an expert in or practitioner of such a subject. See also Compounds. Frequently opposed to abstract, pure, or theoretical.
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1797 tr. J. S. Beck Princ. Crit. Philos. 4 Applied logic [Ger. die angewandte Logik] treats of attention, of whatever hinders or promotes it, of the origin of error, illusion, predjudices..&c.
1841 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 4 65 There are also three assistant preparators in general chemistry, applied chemistry, and human anatomy.
1859 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 567/2 Mr. Combe..and others acknowledge that applied phrenology is an estimative art only.
1892 G. F. Barker Physics i. ii. 10 In applied physics another absolute system is sometimes used, based upon the foot, the pound, and the second.
1928 Forestry 2 133 It is probably far wiser for the applied scientist to credit insects with acumen than to attribute to them nothing but forced movements or tropisms.
1967 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 12 Applied economics—The application of economic theory to the solution of economic problems.
1988 J. D. Barrow & F. J. Tipler Anthropic Cosmol. Princ. (rev. ed.) ii. 115 As any applied mathematician knows, an infinitesimal perturbation (cause) can often have an arbitrarily large effect when a system is unstable.
1995 Post–Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 5 Jan. 3/2 Applied biology will still cover the four basic core topics, but it will be more flexible.
Compounds
applied linguistics n. the branch of linguistics concerned with practical applications of language studies, such as language teaching, translation, and speech therapy.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > other specific branches or schools
historical linguistics1871
functional grammar1894
applied linguistics1922
functionalism1935
prelinguistics1949
metalinguistics1951
mathematical linguistics1955
systemic linguistics1958
computational linguistics1961
emic1962
microsociolinguistics1968
stratificationalism1968
creolistics1970
macrolinguistics1972
1922 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 37 App. p. lxxxvii France offers a supply of solid fundamental treatises on Experimental Phonetics and in Pure and Applied Linguistics.
1958 Year's Wk. Eng. Stud. 1956 37/1 His book will reward study by all interested in what now tends to be called ‘applied linguistics’.
1998 Word 49 145 The author approaches the topic of false friends in the technical vocabularies of English and German from the angle of applied linguistics.
applied mathematics n. that part of mathematics which is concerned with the application of mathematical methods in practical or functional contexts, or within other subjects; see also mathematics n. 1 (contrasted with pure mathematics n.).
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1798 tr. I. Kant Ess. & Treat. I. 346 Sometimes philosophical expositions are given him from other sciences, particularly in the applied mathematics, exempli gratia, the exposition of fluidity.
1841 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 7 230 This property..has been found of some importance in the theory of vibrating cords, and of some other parts of applied mathematics.
1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. xxvii. 542 Applied mathematics in its post-Newtonian development does nothing to strengthen..these errors.
1906 U. Sinclair Jungle iii. 40 It was pork-making by machinery, pork-making by applied mathematics.
2001 Guardian 26 Apr. (Science section) 8/2 (advt.) The applied mathematics project involves the mathematical modelling of the trajectory and the stability of a spiralling liquid jet.
applied psychology n. the branches of psychology in which research findings are applied to practical problems, considered collectively.
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1835 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. 61 409 It is necessary to take a survey of what had actually been accomplished in this important department of applied psychology.
1936 Discovery Apr. 129/1 The study of practical psychology or applied psychology.
1995 C. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. xiii. 262 There is no doubt that forensic psychology has become one of the major areas of growth in contemporary applied psychology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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