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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Application \Ap`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. applicatio, fr. applicare:
     cf. F. 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.
  
              He invented a new application by which blood might
              be stanched.                          --Johnson.
  
     3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to
        accomplish an end; specific use.
  
              If a right course . . . be taken with children,
              there will not be much need of the application of
              the common rewards and punishments.   --Locke.
  
     4. 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; the
        application of a theory.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  application
       n 1: a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or
            admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline for
            applications"
       2: 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" [syn: {practical
          application}]
       3: a program that gives a computer instructions that provide
          the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried
          several different word processing applications" [syn: {application
          program}, {applications programme}]
       4: the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a
          topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach
          requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for
          a coating of paint"; [syn: {coating}, {covering}]
       5: liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or
          medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for
          dry skin" [syn: {lotion}]
       6: a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious
          application" [syn: {diligence}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  application
       
          1. {application program}.
       
          2. {function application}.
       
       

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