(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.
Sue
Definition:
(v. t.) To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
(v. t.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
(v. t.) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.
(v. t.) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
(v. t.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
(v. i.) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
(v. i.) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
(v. i.) To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
(v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
Example Sentences:
(1) Soon after the takeover, PFD creative director Sue Douglas, the former Sunday Express editor, left amid reports that the company wasn't big enough for "two alpha females in Chanel".
(2) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
(3) Public health officials planned to sue these results to design and target education about the benefits of early initiation of breast feeding.
(4) The list is split between on and off-screen talent, including Sherlock producer Sue Vertue, the writer of Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright, and Elisabeth Murdoch , founder of MasterChef producer Shine.
(5) Sue Capon, who runs Brokerswood country park, said everyone was still coming to terms with the tragedy.
(6) Following the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance's Hoax of Hollywood conference in Tehran this week, it has been reported that Iran may "sue Hollywood" over what it considers to be unrealistic portrayals of the country in several films.
(7) Polonsky is hoping to sue Lebedev for libel and is seeking damages for defamation, his lawyer Andrew Stephenson has said.
(8) The law’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin of Indian Springs, said the measure would make the clinics safer, while clinic operators said it was an attempt to shut them down through a regulation they could not meet.
(9) In 2004 her action reached the US supreme court, which ruled that she could sue the Austrians.
(10) "If these things are not against the law we need amendments to the Equality Act", she said, adding that if they were against the law "we need to sue the backsides off people".
(11) Sue We’re the same people we were when we met as teenagers.
(12) He said he decided not to sue News International because he felt the only remedy was justice for the alleged perpetrators, not punishment of the press for the alleged criminal offences of a few.
(13) Sue Tibballs, chief executive of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) , said she thought the Games could be a "genuine turning point".
(14) Therapists have been advised to become familiar with and sensitive to such characteristics and their manifestations and to be honest with themselves and patients about their prejudices (Sue et al.
(15) 2010s: In 2012, Sue Ellen is a very different woman.
(16) The landmark case, brought by a small environmental group through the UK courts, will allow people to sue the government for breaching EU pollution laws and will force ministers to prepare plans for many cities to improve air quality.
(17) Acid-base terminology including the sue of SI units is reviewed.
(18) They see angry shouting Steve Hedley-style pickets at every station, braziers at every street corner, and such general industrial unrest that there is a run on the pound and a broken and dejected Coalition government is obliged to sue for peace and throw its policies into reverse.
(19) Findus indicated it was ready to sue as the company announced it would on Monday file a complaint against an unidentified party.
(20) The return of a government headed by, for example, the centre-right New Democracy, would open up the possibility that Athens would sue for peace on the terms demanded by the troika.