PRACTICAL

practical|practic. Practical, or Practic, a. relating to performance

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Prac″ti‐cal (?), a. [[L. practicus active, Gr. � fit for doing or performing, practical, active, fr. � to do, work, effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf. Pragmatic, Practice.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.
2. 2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry. “Man's practical understanding.” South. “For all practical purposes.” Macaulay.
3. 3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
4. 4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
Practical joke, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.