applied science

collocation in English

meaningsofappliedandscience

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applied
adjective[before noun]
uk
/əˈplaɪd/us
/əˈplaɪd/
relating to a subject of study, especially a science, that has a ...
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science
noun
uk
/ˈsaɪ.əns/us
/ˈsaɪ.əns/
(knowledge from) the careful study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world, especially by watching, measuring, and doing experiments, and the development of theories to describe the results of ...
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(Definition ofappliedandsciencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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According to this view, then, teaching is anappliedscience.
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Related to these directions forappliedscienceare issues related to training.
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They haveappliedscienceto farming practice.
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We come to the sphere ofappliedsciencevery rapidly.
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This is not a division between pure andappliedscience.
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Almost the whole ofappliedscience, though, is utterly different.
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The same is not true forappliedscienceand engineering.
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All these things lie in the realm ofappliedscience.
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Things are not much better inappliedscience.
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But this was not the first time - nor indeed the last - that a philosophical idea has led to some crucial progress inappliedscience.
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The real handwriting expert has much experience and training in a wide range of expertise, much of which usesappliedscienceand state-of-the-art technology.
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For example, many documents in class 4 came from eitherappliedscience, social science or commerce, and those in class 5 were from world affairs.
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His is a field in which pure andappliedsciencecannot be clearly differentiated and in which answers are required now and not tomorrow.
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The challenge of balancing theoretical complexity with appropriate methods of empirical falsification is ubiquitous to all areas of basic andappliedscience.
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In the second channel will be those who studyappliedscience.
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I am not sure aboutappliedscienceor the organisation of workers.
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It is one in which there were then no courses inappliedscience.
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For example, there is too much emphasis on pure science, as distinct fromappliedscience.
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Let us consider the practical questions ofappliedscienceand technology.
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Discussions are going on about possible new courses in mining, textiles andappliedscience.
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I am worried, too, that the tilt towardsappliedsciencemay be carried too far.
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The first is the old argument of pure versusappliedscience.
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It is in regard to technology orappliedsciencethat we are woefully behind.
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And much the same is also true of many aspects ofappliedscience.
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Our universities give low status toappliedscience, and industry too complacently tolerates the results.
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