Ăp'pli-cā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. applicatio, from applicare; Fr. application. See APPLY.]

1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
2. The thing applied; as, the pain was removed by this application.

He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson.

3. The act of making request or soliciting; as, he made application to a court of chancery.
4. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means.

If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments. Locke. 5. The act of fixing the mind; intenseness of thought; close attention; assiduity; as, to injure the health by application to study. Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater. J. Jay.

6. 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.
7. Hence, in specific uses, (a.) The act by which the merits of Christ are transferred to man for his justification. “The righteousness whereby we stand just before God . . . is by application ours.” Bp. Hall. (b.) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated, are applied to practical uses. (c.) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.