applicate

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English

Noun

applicate (plural applicates)

  1. An applied material; an application
  2. (mathematics) A line at right angles to the axis of a conic section that extends from the axis to the curve
  3. (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)
    Synonym: applicant
    Coordinate terms: abscissa, ordinate

Translations

Verb

applicate (third-person singular simple present applicates, present participle applicating, simple past and past participle applicated)

  1. To apply (a material to a surface).

Adjective

applicate (not comparable)

  1. (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

Etymology 1

Verb

applicate

  1. inflection of applicare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

applicate f pl

  1. feminine plural of applicato

Latin

Verb

applicāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of applicō