APPLICATE

Ap″pli‐cate (�), a. [[L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare. See Apply.]] Applied or put to some use. Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. I. Taylor. Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. — Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.