aplicats
Aplicats is the masculine plural form of the Catalan adjective aplicat, meaning "applied" or "practical." It describes nouns related to practical application rather than theory, and is common in academic and professional contexts. Typical phrases include ciències aplicades (applied sciences) and mètodes aplicats (applied methods). The adjective agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies, with masculine plural aplicats, feminine plural aplicades, masculine singular aplicat, and feminine singular aplicada.
Etymology: Aplicats comes from Latin applicatus, via Old Catalan, formed from the verb aplicar (to apply).
Usage notes: Aplicats is an adjective, not a noun. The related noun for the concept of application
Related terms: aplicació (application) and aplicar (to apply).