Definition of Applicative

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applicative
adj. practical, useful

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Applicative Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Applicative
(a.)
Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
  

WordNet 2.0
applicative

Adjective
1. readily applicable or practical
(synonym) applicable, applicatory
(similar) practical

hEnglish - advanced version
applicative

applicative
\ap"pli*ca*tive\ (ăp"pl&ibreve;*k&asl;*t&ibreve;v), a. [cf. f. applicatif, fr. l. applicare. see apply.] capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. -- ap"pli*ca*tive*ly , adv.
applicative
adj : readily applicable or practical [syn: applicable, applicatory]




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Applicative Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Applicative programming language
In the classification of programming languages, an applicative programming language is designed to support the development of programs as giving the result of a function of the combined variables. Successive functional transformations are applied to data to arrive at the result. Such a language, with program control and total state kept in the background, may also be known as a functional language, in a rather loose sense of the term. Lisp and ML are applicative programming languages.

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