applicate
English
editNoun
editapplicate (plural applicates)
- An applied material; an application
- (mathematics) A line at right angles to the axis of a conic section that extends from the axis to the curve
- (mathematics) The z-coordinate (the last of the three terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of Cartesian coordinates for a three-dimensional space)
Translations
editthe z-coordinate
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Verb
editapplicate (third-person singular simple present applicates, present participle applicating, simple past and past participle applicated)
- To apply (a material to a surface).
Adjective
editapplicate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Applied or put to some use.
- 1860, Isaac Taylor, “(please specify the page)”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC:
- those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements
Italian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editapplicate
- inflection of applicare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editapplicate f pl
Latin
editVerb
editapplicāte