Dictionary entry

Applicate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.