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Definition of Active application
1. Noun. An application that is currently running and in the foreground.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Active Application
Literary usage of Active application
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Academician,: Containing the Elements of Scholastic Science, and the by Albert Picket, John W. Picket (1820)
"This is of itself sufficiently prominent to prevent ambiguity, notwithstanding
the incomparably greater frequency of the active application of that verb. ..."
2. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for Windows by SAS Institute (2004)
"VERIFY checks to see if the active application window supports text printing (that
is, whether the File pull-down menu contains a Print item). ..."
3. The Taylor System in Franklin Management: Application and Results by George De Albert Babcock, Reginald Trautschold (1917)
"In the Motor Car Department in that year, prior to any active application of
Scientific Management, our labor turnover records showed that 16.9 per cent. of ..."
4. The Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guide edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1997)
"active application is when you take the ice (perhaps in water frozen in a cup or
bag) and massage the injured part with the ice. ..."
5. Memoirs of Prince Metternich: 1773-[1835] by Robina Napier, Clemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich, Gerard W. Smith (1881)
"If such is the spirit of the Alliance, in its active application to special cases
it should submit to the common law. It is for prudence (and the ..."
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