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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
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The substance applied.
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The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
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The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
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(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
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A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
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(bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
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The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
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Diligence; close thought or attention.
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A kind of needlework; appliqué.
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(computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
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(obsolete) Compliance.