Relating to or used in the study of natural philosophy; scientific, experimental. Now archaic and historical.

Of a science: involving or dealing with matter; not pure or simply theoretical; applied. Now historical.

Of a subject of study or practice: restricted to the essential matter; not concerned with related subjects or topics; spec. dealing with the theory…

Science (now historical). Of a property or matter: not manifest to direct observation; discoverable only by experiment; unexplained; latent…

Put to practical use; practical. Frequently in applied art (also applied arts), applied research, applied science (also applied sciences), applied…

Of a branch of esp. physical science: concerned with the application of statistics to the description of phenomena in terms of the probable outcome…

Of or relating to marine science.

Designating a field or method of enquiry which is not amenable to precise mathematical treatment or to experimental verification or refutation; of…