Meaning | concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles. |
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Examples | - "applied physics"
- "applied psychology"
- "technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"- Sidney Hook
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Narrower | forensic | Used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law |
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practical | Having or put to a practical purpose or use |
Opposite | theoretical | concerned with theories rather than their practical applications |
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Spanish | aplicado |
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Catalan | aplicat |
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