(n.) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
(n.) The thing applied.
(n.) The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
(n.) The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
(n.) Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.
(n.) The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
(n.) The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
(n.) The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
(n.) A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) Application of 40 microM NiCl2 reversibly blocked It while leaving Is intact, whereas 20 microM CdCl2 reversibly blocked Is, but not It.
(3) This should not be a serious limitation to the application of the RIA in the detection of venous thrombosis.
(4) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
(5) An application is made to the validity of cancer risk items included in a cancer registry.
(6) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
(7) Furthermore, all of the sera from seven other patients with shock reactions following the topical application of chlorhexidine preparation also showed high RAST counts.
(8) Effects of OT injection and OT application were independent.
(9) After a discussion of the therapeutic relationship, several coping strategies which have been used successfully by many women are described and therapeutic applications are offered.
(10) While stereology is the principal technique, particularly in its application to the parenchyma, other compartments such as the airways and vasculature demand modifications or different methods altogether.
(11) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
(12) This paper has considered the effects and potential application of PFCs, their emulsions and emulsion components for regulating growth and metabolic functions of microbial, animal and plant cells in culture.
(13) Local application of 8-OH-DPAT (0-5 micrograms) into the median raphe nucleus, facilitated male rat sexual behavior, as evidenced by a decrease in number of intromissions preceding ejaculation and in time to ejaculation.
(14) It was established that nonsurgical methods of transplantation with laboratory animals were less time-consuming and were more readily applicable.
(15) High-dose oral and intrathecal applications of viatamin B12 are also possible in the individual case.
(16) Total body dose of 2,4-D was determined in 10 volunteers following exposure to sprayed turf 1 hour following application and in 10 volunteers exposed 24 hours following application.
(17) Some dental applications of the pressure measuring sheet, such as the measurement of biting pressure and balance during normal and unilateral biting, were examined.
(18) If black people could only sort out these self-inflicted problems themselves, everything would be OK. After all, doesn't every business say it welcomes job applicants from all backgrounds?
(19) Eddy current transducers measured relative displacements under application of static loads, serially applied in the axial, mediolateral, and craniocaudal directions.
(20) Many examples are given to demonstrate the applications of these programs, and special emphasis has been laid on the problem of treating a point in tissue with different doses per fraction on alternate treatment days.
Plaint
Definition:
(n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.
(n.) An accusation or protest on account of an injury.
(n.) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.
Example Sentences:
(1) He suggests that this is the dynamic that drives unthinking partisan allegiance ("What's most distinctive about the current presidential election and our political culture [is] … how unconditionally so many partisans back their side's every edict, plaint and stratagem"), as well as numerous key political frauds, from Saddam's WMDs to Obama's fake birth certificate to Romney's failure to pay taxes for 10 years.
(2) Ellie, by email As Ellie has perceptively summed up in her plaint, it would be easier to bring about peace in the Middle East this autumn than to find a fashion magazine that is not pushing pink coats.
(3) "Let us quit this indecent exercise of fatuous plaints, including raising hopes, even now, with talk of 'posthumous' conferment, when you know damned well that the Nobel committee does not indulge in such tradition.
(4) These consist either of slow- or delayed-release formulations of plaint 5-ASA (mesalazin) or sulpha-free azo-compounds of 5-ASA.
(5) This is not a plaint of the quasi-misogynistic and homophobic ones that have appeared in other, inferior rags, which can be summed up as "Liz 'That dress' Hurley turned Shane into a big queen".
(6) This is why it is worth carrying out.” Wilde was ever-dedicated to paradox – but this was one he sought to resolve with the familiar plaint: “Human nature will change.
(7) BALT magic catheter (PURSIL catheter) is a new catheter which is more flexible and plaint than the TRACKER-18 catheter because its mid-section and distal portion are made from polyurethane and silicon rather than polyethylene.
(8) They quote Sennett's plaint, "how can long-term purposes be pursued in a short-term society … how can a human being develop a narrative of identity and life history in a society composed of episodes and fragments".