Found 2 items, similar to applied mathematics.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: applied mathematics applied mathematics n : the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world [syn: applied math]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Applied mathematics Apply \Ap*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied; p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.] 1. To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. [1913 Webster] He said, and the sword his throat applied. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt. [1913 Webster] 3. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. [1913 Webster] Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. [1913 Webster] Apply thine heart unto instruction. --Prov. xxiii. 12. [1913 Webster] 5. To direct or address. [R.] [1913 Webster] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 6. To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. [1913 Webster] I applied myself to him for help. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] She was skillful in applying his “humors.” --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 8. To visit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And he applied each place so fast. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics. [1913 Webster]