Appliance: alternatives and connections

The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.

The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of infe…

(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which ca…

To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.

An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.

the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applicati…

The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the ap…

the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applicati…

A conclusion worked out logically from what is already known.

Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.

One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.