applications

plural of application

(countable, uncountable) The act of physically applying or laying on.
(countable, uncountable) The substance applied.
(countable, uncountable) The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
(countable, uncountable) The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
(countable, uncountable) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
(countable, uncountable) A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
(countable, uncountable) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
(countable, uncountable) The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
(countable, uncountable) Diligence; close thought or attention.
(countable, uncountable) A kind of needlework; appliqué.
(countable, uncountable) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Compliance.