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practical
(mass) | practical
- praktický |
practical
(encz) | practical,praktický adj: |
Practical
(gcide) | Practical \Prac"ti*cal\, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. ? fit for
doing or performing, practical, active, fr. ? to do, work,
effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf.
Pragmatic, Practice.]
1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.
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2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in
distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical
chemistry. "Man's practical understanding." --South. "For
all practical purposes." --Macaulay.
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3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge
to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
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4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
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Practical joke, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of
which consists in something done, in distinction from
something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.
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practical
(wn) | practical
adj 1: concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very
practical person"; "the idea had no practical
application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese";
"woodworking is a practical art" [ant: impractical]
2: guided by practical experience and observation rather than
theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-
nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to
business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics" [syn:
hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic]
3: being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical
failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin" [syn:
virtual(a), practical(a)]
4: having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical
mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus" |
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practically
(mass) | practically
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best practical technology
(encz) | Best Practical Technology,nejlepší praktická technologie [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
for all practical purposes
(encz) | for all practical purposes, adv: |
impractical
(encz) | impractical,nepraktický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
impracticalities
(encz) | impracticalities, |
impracticality
(encz) | impracticality,neproveditelnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
impractically
(encz) | impractically,neproveditelně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
licensed practical nurse
(encz) | licensed practical nurse, |
practical application
(encz) | practical application, n: |
practical joke
(encz) | practical joke,kanadský žertík n: Pino |
practical joker
(encz) | practical joker, n: |
practical nurse
(encz) | practical nurse, n: |
practical politics
(encz) | practical politics, n: |
practicalities
(encz) | practicalities,praktičnosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
practicality
(encz) | practicality,praktičnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
practically
(encz) | practically,prakticky adv: Pavel Cvrčekpractically,skoro adv: Zdeněk Brožpractically,téměř adv: |
practicals
(encz) | practicals,praktické zkoušky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožpracticals,praktika n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
unpractical
(encz) | unpractical,nepraktický adj: Zdeněk Brožunpractical,nešikovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Impractical
(gcide) | Impractical \Im*prac"ti*cal\, a.
Not practical.
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Practical
(gcide) | Practical \Prac"ti*cal\, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. ? fit for
doing or performing, practical, active, fr. ? to do, work,
effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf.
Pragmatic, Practice.]
1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.
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2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in
distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical
chemistry. "Man's practical understanding." --South. "For
all practical purposes." --Macaulay.
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3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge
to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
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4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
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Practical joke, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of
which consists in something done, in distinction from
something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.
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Practical chemistry
(gcide) | Chemistry \Chem"is*try\ (k[e^]m"[i^]s*tr[y^]; 277), n. [From
Chemist. See Alchemy.]
1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of
substances, and of the changes which they undergo in
consequence of alterations in the constitution of the
molecules, which depend upon variations of the number,
kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms.
These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely
the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained.
Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and
constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule.
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Note: Historically, chemistry is an outgrowth of alchemy (or
alchemistry), with which it was anciently identified.
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2. An application of chemical theory and method to the
consideration of some particular subject; as, the
chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo.
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3. A treatise on chemistry.
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Note: This word and its derivatives were formerly written
with y, and sometimes with i, instead of e, in the
first syllable, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or
chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.; and the
pronunciation was conformed to the orthography.
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Inorganic chemistry, that which treats of inorganic or
mineral substances.
Organic chemistry, that which treats of the substances
which form the structure of organized beings and their
products, whether animal or vegetable; -- called also
chemistry of the carbon compounds. There is no
fundamental difference between organic and inorganic
chemistry.
Physiological chemistry, the chemistry of the organs and
tissues of the body, and of the various physiological
processes incident to life.
Practical chemistry, or Applied chemistry, that which
treats of the modes of manufacturing the products of
chemistry that are useful in the arts, of their
applications to economical purposes, and of the conditions
essential to their best use.
Pure chemistry, the consideration of the facts and theories
of chemistry in their purely scientific relations, without
necessary reference to their practical applications or
mere utility.
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Practical joke
(gcide) | Joke \Joke\, n. [L. jocus. Cf Jeopardy, Jocular, Juggler.]
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1. Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something
witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or
humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack
good-natured jokes.
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And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. --Pope.
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Or witty joke our airy senses moves
To pleasant laughter. --Gay.
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2. Something not said seriously, or not actually meant;
something done in sport.
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Inclose whole downs in walls, 't is all a joke.
--Pope.
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In joke, in jest; sportively; not meant seriously.
Practical joke. See under Practical.
[1913 Webster]Practical \Prac"ti*cal\, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. ? fit for
doing or performing, practical, active, fr. ? to do, work,
effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf.
Pragmatic, Practice.]
1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.
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2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in
distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical
chemistry. "Man's practical understanding." --South. "For
all practical purposes." --Macaulay.
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3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge
to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
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4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
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Practical joke, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of
which consists in something done, in distinction from
something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.
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Practicality
(gcide) | Practicality \Prac`ti*cal"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.
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Practicalize
(gcide) | Practicalize \Prac"ti*cal*ize\, v. t.
To render practical. [R.] "Practicalizing influences." --J.
S. Mill.
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Practically
(gcide) | Practically \Prac"ti*cal*ly\, adv.
1. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look
at things practically; practically worthless.
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2. By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment;
as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted
with a subject.
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3. In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe;
theoretically wrong, but practically right.
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4. Almost.
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Practicalness
(gcide) | Practicalness \Prac"ti*cal*ness\, n.
Same as Practicality.
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Unpractical
(gcide) | Unpractical \Un*prac"ti*cal\, a.
Not practical; impractical. "Unpractical questions." --H.
James.
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I like him none the less for being unpractical.
--Lowell.
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for all practical purposes
(wn) | for all practical purposes
adv 1: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes
the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
purposes useless" [syn: for all practical purposes, {to
all intents and purposes}, {for all intents and
purposes}] |
impractical
(wn) | impractical
adj 1: not practical; not workable or not given to practical
matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because
of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical
for commercial work"; "an impractical solution" [ant:
practical]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
Laputan, windy] |
impracticality
(wn) | impracticality
n 1: concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual
use [ant: practicality] |
licensed practical nurse
(wn) | licensed practical nurse
n 1: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state
to provide routine care for the sick [syn: {licensed
practical nurse}, LPN, practical nurse] |
practical application
(wn) | practical application
n 1: the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a
particular purpose; "he advocated the application of
statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of
electronics to medical diagnosis" [syn: application,
practical application] |
practical joke
(wn) | practical joke
n 1: a prank or trick played on a person (especially one
intended to make the victim appear foolish) |
practical joker
(wn) | practical joker
n 1: someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn:
prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer,
practical joker] |
practical nurse
(wn) | practical nurse
n 1: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state
to provide routine care for the sick [syn: {licensed
practical nurse}, LPN, practical nurse] |
practical politics
(wn) | practical politics
n 1: politics based on practical rather than moral or
ideological considerations [syn: realpolitik, {practical
politics}] |
practicality
(wn) | practicality
n 1: concerned with actual use rather than theoretical
possibilities [ant: impracticality] |
practically
(wn) | practically
adv 1: almost; nearly; "practically the first thing I saw when I
got off the train"; "he was practically the only guest at
the party"; "there was practically no garden at all"
2: in a practical manner; "practically orientated institutions
such as business schools"; "a brilliant man but so
practically inept that he needed help to cross the road
safely"
3: (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical
purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened
every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the
manifestation of a god" [syn: much, practically] |
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