applicate

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

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

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

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

applicate

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

applicate f pl

1. feminine plural of applicato

applicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of applicō