practical application(n = noun.act) application - the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"
is a kind of employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization
has particulars: misapplication, engineering, technology
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