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Also Inflected form of apply

applied

app·lied

UK/əˈplaɪd/ US/ʌˈplaɪd/ fairly common

adjective

1.

that are used

  • “an isotropic resonance shift...to lower applied fields”
2.

concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; opposed to theoretical

  • “applied physics”
  • “applied psychology”
  • “technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied discipcdlines” Sidney Hook
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3.

put into practice or put to use

  • “applied physics”
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Phrases

  • applied anatomy
  • applied anthropology
  • applied art
  • applied arts
  • applied chemistry
  • applied computing
  • applied ecology
  • applied economics

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