Definition of Applicable

1. Adjective. Capable of being applied; having relevance. "Gave applicable examples to support her argument"

Similar to: Relevant
Derivative terms: Applicability, Apply, Apply, Apply

Definition of Applicable

1. a. Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.

Definition of Applicable

1. Adjective. Suitable for application; relevant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Applicable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Applicable

applesauces
applet
appletini
appletinis
applets
applewood
appleyness
appliable
appliableness
appliance
applianced
appliancelike
appliances
applicabilities
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applicable
applicableness
applicably
applicancies
applicancy
applicand
applicant
applicants
applicate
application
application-oriented language
application domain
application domains
application form
application forms

Literary usage of Applicable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"The sliding scale applicable where product is homogeneous. ... Not applicable where such matters as recognition of the union or the closed shop are in ..."

2. Transactions by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1838)
"THE Geometrical Theorems and Trigonometrical Formulas which are given in this paper are peculiarly applicable to the solution of some Geodetical Problems, ..."

3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1881)
"The method of inversion in two dimensions is, however, applicable, as well as the more general method of transformation in two dimensions given in Art. 190 ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"In Indiana the Statute of 13th Elizabeth has been adopted, and two provisions applicable to this case engrafted on it. The first declares that "No ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The law applicable to trade-marks is not the law which is applicable to letters patent. Again ; the subject-matter of a patent and that of trade-marks are ..."

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