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APPLICATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does applicator mean?
• APPLICATOR (noun)
The noun APPLICATOR has 1 sense:
1. a device for applying a substance
Familiarity information: APPLICATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device for applying a substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
applicator; applier
Hypernyms ("applicator" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "applicator"):
flux applicator (an applicator for applying flux (as in soldering))
paintbrush (a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint))
spray gun (an applicator resembling a gun for applying liquid substances (as paint) in the form of a spray)
Context examples
The test is administered by pressing the antigen heads of the Multitest applicator firmly onto the volar surface of the lower arm.
(Cell-Mediated Immunity Multitest, NCI Thesaurus)
A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a full applicator.
(Applicatorful Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
The applicator may be part of the tube closure or be separate.
(Applicator Tube, NCI Thesaurus)
A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a single applicator.
(Applicator Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
An internal radiation treatment technique in which a curved, hollow applicator with a rounded reservoir at the tip is inserted into the uterus or cervix and then injected with radioactive sources for the treatment of gynecological cancers.
(Fletcher-suit Brachytherapy, NCI Thesaurus)
A tube which is provided with a device (the applicator) for administering the dosage form.
(Applicator Tube, NCI Thesaurus)
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