applicationaladj.
/ˌaplᵻˈkeɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌaplᵻˈkeɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌæpləˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəl/ 1. Chiefly Logic and Philosophy. Relating to or involving the use of a symbol or word to stand for or refer to a thing. Now rare.
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1892 W. E. Johnson in Mind 1 4 The intelligence demanded in the employment of a symbolic calculus, then, involves a recognition of (1) the Representativeness of Symbols,..(8) the applicational interpretation of Universals, [etc.].
1906 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 16 451 The denotative or applicational aspect is taken into account.
1931 Jrnl. Philos. 28 284 In empirical science the problem is solved through a system of ‘applicational’ definitions..which lay down the empirical meaning of the symbols employed.
1981 J. B. Thompson Crit. Hermeneutics i. 18 At other times, Wittgenstein regards specialised linguistic systems, or specific applicational contexts of ordinary language, as language-games in themselves.
2. Of or relating to practical application; practical.
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the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective] > as opposed to theoretical
practica1425
practical?a1425
practive1526
pragmatical1597
active1605
operary1612
operarious1656
practitional1724
unbookish1887
practico-1913
applicational1917
hands-on1960
1917 C. H. Bush Uniform Business Law p. iii All illustrations should be pertinent and, where possible, should have informational as well as applicational value.
1941 C. P. Haskins in Research: National Resource (National Res. Council (U.S.) National Resources Planning Board) II. vi. ix. 351/2 The biochemistry of plant alkaloids is still in its relative infancy, both on the purely investigative and on the applicational sides.
1981 Mining Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 Feb. 96 One more applicational field can now be added to the list of successes following U.K. National Coal Board..acceptance of this product for underground coal mine operation.
2000 Science 24 Mar. 2134 (advt.) A new generation of pipettes with an ergonomic design, outstanding applicational versatility and extremely simple, intuitive user guidance.
3. Computing. Relating to or concerned with specific tasks or applications. Cf. application n. 3d.
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1973 R. M. Armstrong Modular Programming in COBOL v. 60 We might describe these components as the applicational modules at the systems level.
1992 Lit. & Ling. Computing 7 138/1 Attention is..devoted to information retrieval systems searching for information in full texts and on such applicational tasks as spelling and grammar checkers.
2005 M. Salvadores et al. in P. S. Szczepaniak et al. Adv. in Web Intelligence iii. 502 The applicational layer is reduced to a logic in which the client will interact with the TPM.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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