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adj. Put into practice or a particular use: applied physics.

adj. put into practical use

adj. of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering

v. Simple past tense and past participle of apply.

Put on; put to; directed; employed: said specifically of a science when its laws are employed and exemplified in dealing with concrete phenomena, and in this use distinguished from abstract or theoretical.

adj. concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles

"Asian carp is a term applied to several related species of carp that were brought to the United States in the 1970s to control algae in catfish farms in the South."

applied    applies    applying   

relate    come to    bear on    have-to doe with    touch    refer    concern    touch on    pertain    consecrate   

appropriate    relate    to apply one's self   

applied   

follow    waste    assign    put    give    strain    pull out all the stops    cannibalise    exercise    overuse   

application    applicable    appliance   

appropriate    devote    attach    incline    betake    address    refer    busy    ply    visit   

Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   

foliar    water-soluble    petroleum-based    organophosphate    inorganic    oil-based    bacta    broad-spectrum    quick-drying    plaster-of-paris