application

noun

1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense“The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.”
2. The substance applied.
3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.“I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.”