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practical |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. 3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end as a practical man; a practical mind. 4. Derived from practice; as practical skill. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}, {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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