n. [ L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See Apply. ] 1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. [ 1913 Webster ]

If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the “moral” of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater. J. Jay. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. compliasion: cf. F. complication. ] 1. The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity. [ 1913 Webster ]

A complication of diseases. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through and beyond these dark complications of the present, the New England founders looked to the great necessities of future times. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conduplicatio. ] A doubling together or folding; a duplication. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. de- + duplication. ] (Biol.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. deplicare to unfold; L. de- + plicare to fold. ] An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biochem.) the process of testing samples of mixtures which are active in a screening process, so as to recognize and eliminate from consideration those active substances already studied; -- a stage subsequent to the preliminary screening in the process of discovery of new pharmacologically active substances in mixtures of natural products; -- also called counterscreening. See screening. In the process of pharmaceutical screening (testing a large number of substances to find those having desirable pharmacological activity), the testing of samples of substances extracted from living organisms (plants, microorganisms, etc.) often detects substances already detected in prior screening. Such “known” or “replicate” activities must be recognized at an early stage to avoid duplicating previous efforts at purification and structural identification. The process of testing an sample which is active in a primary screen, to determine if the activity is due to a previously known substance, is called dereplication or counterscreening. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication. ] 1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. explicatio: cf. F. explication. ] 1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The explication of our Savior's parables. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sense given by an expositor. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. implicatio: cf. F. implication. ] 1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. arousing a mental association; evocative.
Syn. -- implicative, suggestive, suggestive of(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + application: cf. F. inapplication. ] Lack of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong application. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong explication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. multiplicatio: cf. F. multiplication. See Multiply. ] 1. The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The increase and multiplication of the world. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word multiplication is sometimes used in mathematics, particularly in multiple algebra, to denote any distributive operation expressed by one symbol upon any quantity or any thing expressed by another symbol. Corresponding extensions of meaning are given to the words multiply, multiplier, multiplicand, and product. Thus, since φ(x + y) = φx + φy (see under Distributive), where φ(x + y), φx, and φy indicate the results of any distributive operation represented by the symbol φ upon x + y, x, and y, severally, then because of many very useful analogies φ(x + y) is called the product of φ and x + y, and the operation indicated by φ is called multiplication. Cf. Facient, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, -- attributed formerly to the alchemists. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Multiplication table, a table giving the product of a set of numbers multiplied in some regular way; commonly, a table giving the products of the first ten or twelve numbers multiplied successively by 1, 2, 3, etc., up to 10 or 12. Called also a times table, used by students in elementary school prior to memorization of the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A folding or fold; a plait. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. quadruplicatio: cf. F. quadruplication. ] The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. réduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition. ] 1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Philol.) The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. replicatio. See Reply. ] 1. An answer; a reply. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Withouten any repplicacioun. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law Pleadings) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hear the replication of your sounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A repetition; a copy. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Biochem.) The copying, by enzymes, of a cell's genome, i.e. the DNA or RNA comprising its genetic material, so as to form an identical genome. This is an essential step in the division of one cell into two. This differs from transcription, which is the copying of only part of the genetic information of a cell's genome into RNA, as in the processes of biosynthesis of messenger RNA or ribosomal RNA. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Answer; response; reply; rejoinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. supplication, L. supplicatio. ] 1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rom. Antiq.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. triplicatio: cf. F. triplication. ] 1. The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three together. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Civil Law) Same as Surrejoinder. [ 1913 Webster ]